SR57 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR57 would establish a special order calendar that places a set of listed bills on a priority schedule for up to 15 legislative days.

What This Bill Does

If passed, it would designate SB4, SB222, SB218, SB146, SB191, HB57, SB67, and SB53 as the special, paramount, and continuing order of business. These bills would take precedence over all other matters until they are disposed of, lasting for up to 15 legislative days. The measure does not change the content of the bills themselves; it only changes the schedule and priority for their consideration.

Who It Affects

• Senate members and staff, who would operate under a fixed priority schedule that elevates the listed bills above other business for up to 15 days.
• Alabama residents and stakeholders, who could be affected indirectly by the laws these bills would address if enacted (topics include foreign-law restrictions, agency structure, juvenile sentencing, nepotism rules, public assistance drug testing, abortion-related requirements, unfunded mandates, and cosmetology regulation).

Key Provisions

• Establishes a special order calendar making the listed bills the priority for 15 legislative days, taking precedence over other business.
• SB4: would prohibit applying foreign law in ways that violate rights guaranteed by the U.S. and Alabama; includes a constitutional amendment as part of the package.
• SB222: would transfer the Industrial Development and Training Institute from the Postsecondary Education Department to the Commerce Department, and add related sections (41-9-1080 to 41-9-1086) covering findings, funding, and confidentiality of project information.
• SB218: would alter juvenile sentencing for capital and certain non-capital offenses, setting a maximum life-without-parole term that applies after 40 years, with amendments to multiple code sections.
• SB146: would modify nepotism rules within state government (amending Sec. 41-1-5).
• SB191: would require drug testing for public assistance applicants and recipients upon reasonable suspicion, with conditions for ineligibility and rulemaking authority for implementation.
• HB57: would impose abortion-related requirements including physician involvement, definitions, reporting, Board of Health rulemaking, and penalties.
• SB67: would remove an unfunded mandates exception for local boards of education from Amendment 621, constituting a constitutional amendment.
• SB53: would create the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering to regulate cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, manicurists, natural hairstylists, and related shops and schools, repealing certain existing sections and adding others.

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

Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative