SR38 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Senate, Speical Order Calendar

Summary

SR38 creates a Special Order Calendar that makes a specific set of Senate bills the top priority on the seventh day of the 2012 Regular Session when they reach third reading.

What This Bill Does

It establishes a special calendar that designates certain bills as the paramount and continuing order of business, taking precedence over all other matters when those bills reach third reading. This arrangement applies only on the seventh legislative day of the 2012 Regular Session. The included bills cover topics such as metal purchases, private judges, motor vehicle device use, elder abuse prevention, school bus driver exams, controlled substances, education funding, National Guard discipline, vital records, elections, contract review, and human trafficking penalties; some of these bills would amend specific state code sections.

Who It Affects

• Senate members, committees, and staff responsible for sponsoring or advancing the included bills, as their bills would be moved to the top priority on third reading on the specified day.
• Public stakeholders and interest groups related to the topics of the listed bills (e.g., metal recyclers, private judges, drivers, elder care advocates, teachers, National Guard, voters, and health and safety advocates) who could see quicker consideration or changes in policy on that day.

Key Provisions

• Creates a Special Order Calendar designating the listed bills as the paramount and continuing order of business on the seventh legislative day of the 2012 Regular Session when they reach third reading.
• Applies only to the seventh legislative day of the 2012 Regular Session.
• Lists the included bills and topics: SB35 (secondary metals recyclers, copper purchases, payments by check, purchase information, database, limits; amended code sections 13A-8-31, 13A-8-35, 13A-8-37), SB138 (private judges for circuit/district courts, qualifications, compensation), SB144 (prohibition on text messaging/handheld device use while driving; penalties; agencies report statistics to Public Safety), SB262 (Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse; sunset provisions; reports), SB191 (school bus driver physical examination; Holcomb Act addition), SB208 (controlled substances including Schedule I and analogs; penalties), SB143 (supplemental appropriation for NBPTS-certified teachers), SB313 (National Guard discipline and new military code model), SB280 (foreign birth certificate issuance without judicial proceedings under Karina's Law), SB133 (alternate election officers by local law), SB263 (Contract Review and emergency contracts oversight amendments), SB161 (enhanced penalties for human trafficking; disclosures by sex offenders; additional fines).

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative