HR539 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR539 is a House resolution that creates a special order calendar and reorganizes Alabama legislative operations, including abolishing several entities.

What This Bill Does

It designates certain bills as the special and paramount business for the 30th legislative day, taking precedence over other work until they are finished. It creates new committees to oversee legislative operations and allows them to hire staff from existing legislative offices. It abolishes or retires several existing legislative bodies and authorities and updates related statutes to reflect the new structure, while listing specific Senate bills to be considered under the special order.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House and Senate, who will implement the special order calendar and work under the new or reorganized committees.
• Legislative support agencies and staff (such as the Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, Examiners of Public Accounts, and the affected statutory bodies), whose roles, staffing, and existence are changed or eliminated as part of the reorganization.

Key Provisions

• Designates a set of bills (including SB122, SB260, SB214, SB215, SB29, SB60, SB116, SB319, SB191, SB141, SB105, SB68, SB342, SB7, SB4, SB64, SB20) to be the special and paramount order of business on the 30th legislative day and to continue until dispensed.
• Creates the Joint Committee on Legislative Operations, the Senate Committee on Senate Operations, and the House Committee on House Operations, with authority to hire staff from existing legislative offices (Legislative Reference Service, Legislative Fiscal Office, Examiners of Public Accounts, and others).
• Abolishes or abolishes and reassigns functions of multiple entities, including the Legislative Council, Joint Fiscal Committee, Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, and the Legislative Building Authority (with numerous statute sections identified for repeal or amendment).
• Requires amendments or repeals of numerous statute sections to reflect the new organizational structure and staffing changes.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 25, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolution, Legislative