HR365 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR365 sets a special order calendar for the 25th legislative day, giving rapid consideration to a group of bills including a large school facilities bond and various policy changes.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the resolution makes the listed bills the special and paramount order of business on the 25th day, taking precedence over regular business until they are finished. It groups bills from education, criminal justice, elections, and other areas under expedited consideration. This is a procedural rule to move these bills through the Legislature more quickly than normal.

Who It Affects

• Public school students and taxpayers in districts that would benefit from the $50 million K-12 renovation bond under HB612.
• Defendants who may participate in pretrial diversion programs and the local prosecutors, municipalities, and the Office of Prosecution Services involved in establishing and administering those programs.

Key Provisions

• Declares the listed bills as the special and paramount order of business for the 25th legislative day, continuing until dispensed.
• HB612 authorizes a $50,000,000 bond for public K-12 school facilities renovations under the Secure School Facilities Act.
• HB494 creates statewide pretrial diversion programs with basic operating standards, sets how fees are distributed, and requires a database of pretrial diversion offenders maintained by the Office of Prosecution Services.
• HB251 updates the definition of fire protection service for water, sewer, and fire protection authorities to include the re-acquisition of water.
• HB516 aligns absentee voting deadlines with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
• HB583 allows public funds to pay staff for legislative party caucuses.
• HB584 provides an lodging tax exemption for Rescue Squads through the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads.
• HB546 changes terms used in the Alabama Family Trust to replace 'donor' with 'contributor' or 'settlor'.
• HB262 changes capital offense rules so guilt must be proven only when the death penalty is imposed and allows a guilty plea to waive certain non-jurisdictional defects.
• HB287 allows homeschooled students to participate in public K-12 extracurricular activities.
• HB300 provides a tax exemption for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and medical supplies when paid by a third-party payer.
• HB458 allows an insurance rate increase for personal lines to take effect immediately unless the Insurance Commissioner objects.
• HB114 authorizes contracts with private entities for probation services, creates a County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council, sets qualifications for private probation officers, limits certain activities, and addresses confidentiality and penalties.
• HB184 creates the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering and regulates cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, manicurists, and related shops and schools.
• HB259 expands protections related to police, Search and Rescue (SAR) animals, fire protection and service animals, creates related crimes and restitution, and repeals a prior statute.
• HB263 adds penalties for interference with public safety communications and related interference or damage.
• HB588 authorizes religious expression in schools under the Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act.
• HB603 requires voter registration lists to be published on the website of counties or the Association of County Commissioners.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolution, Legislative