SR112 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR112 is a Senate resolution that sets the special order calendar for the 27th day of the 2013 Regular Session, listing the bills that will take priority that day.

What This Bill Does

It designates a specific list of bills as the paramount and continuing order of business for that legislative day, giving them precedence over all other matters. The list includes SB319 and numerous House bills covering topics such as professional licensing, transportation compliance, unemployment funding, insurance regulation, controlled substances, taxation, public safety, and elections. The resolution does not modify the bills themselves but determines the order in which they will be considered on that day.

Who It Affects

• Businesses, professionals, and regulatory bodies affected by the listed bills (e.g., professional bondsmen, motor vehicle regulators, insurers, healthcare providers, pharmacists, and county or local government entities) in terms of how they may be governed or regulated by upcoming legislation.
• The general public and state workforce (including unemployed individuals, public employees, and voters) who could be affected by changes to unemployment funding, reporting requirements for child abuse, election rules, tax incentives, and consumer protections.

Key Provisions

• SB319: Requires professional bondsmen to be certified and examined; requires continuing education; specifies fees, how fees are disbursed, and processes for suspension.
• HB86: Aligns commercial motor vehicle compliance with federal rules (49 CFR 385, 386, and 387) and includes enforcement provisions; amends Sec. 32-9A-2.
• HB90: Updates unemployment compensation provisions, including removal of a termination date for an assessment to the Employment Security Enhancement Fund; changes references from Director of Industrial Relations to Commissioner of Labor; makes technical amendments to Secs. 25-4-40.1 and 25-4-54.
• HB113: Sets capital requirements for casualty insurance companies and defines action level events; amends Secs. 27-2B-2, -3, -4.
• HB150: Expands the controlled substances prescription drug database with membership, meetings, data transmission, confidentiality, and funding provisions; amends Secs. 20-2-212 to 20-2-215 and 20-2-219.
• HB151: Expands the Pain Management Act to increase oversight of pain providers and clinics; adds provisions to Secs. 34-24-1001 to 34-24-1010.
• HB152: Prohibits deceptively obtaining controlled substances from multiple practitioners; establishes penalties.
• HB192: Requires unclaimed benefits or unclaimed retained asset accounts to be reported to the State Treasurer with interest; amends Secs. 27-15-51 and 27-15-53.
• HB199: Adopts a model reinsurance regulation law; creates Chapter 5B, Title 27 (27-5B-1 to -19) and repeals 27-5-12.
• HB225: Allows certain investments by out-of-state insurers and authorizes cash equivalents; amends Sec. 27-41-39.
• HB234: Codification and correction provisions related to 2012 Acts and local laws; updates duties of the Secretary of State; amends Sec. 34-17-21.
• HB140: Introduces an income tax credit for rehabilitation, preservation, and development of historic structures.
• HB237: Revisions on pharmacies’ disposal of unused or expired dispensed medications for destruction.
• HB247: Addresses county commission use of credit/debit cards and distribution of rebates to the general fund.
• HB301: Expands mandatory reporting of child abuse by K-12 staff and higher education employees; includes therapists; adds disciplinary consequences for failing to report.
• HB357: Allows Board of Agriculture and Industries to regulate and set civil fines for testing/inspection of weights and measures devices.
• HB373: Allows first responders to vote absentee by emergency rule during elections.
• HB489: Regulates travel insurance under the Insurance Department.
• HB503: Expands regulation to include oil sands under the Oil and Gas Board.
• HB89: Authorizes State Employees' Insurance Board to offer a high-deductible plan with an HSA/HRA.
• HB216: Provides exemption related to aircraft parts used to refurbish cargo aircraft, with local government approval requirements.
• HB279: Provides exemptions for aviation jet fuel tax-related charges (jet fuel refunds and exemptions from sales/use taxes).

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