HR60 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR60 creates a special order calendar that puts a defined list of bills on top priority for the 8th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the resolution makes the specified bills the special and paramount business for the 8th day, ahead of regular or unfinished business. The listed bills cover topics such as education funding, health care policies, criminal penalties, elections, licensing, and governance changes, guiding the order and timing of their consideration on that day. It does not change policy by itself but determines which bills are debated and voted on first.

Who It Affects

• Alabama House members and legislative staff, who must follow the new special order calendar and focus on the listed bills on the 8th day.
• State agencies, boards, and other entities named in the listed bills (e.g., Department of Education for HB227; Board of Health and Board of Medical Examiners for HB40; Secretary of State for HB51), as well as related state and local government actors affected by the proposed changes.

Key Provisions

• Establishes a Special Order Calendar that, upon adoption, makes the listed bills the top priority for the 8th legislative day.
• Sets the order of consideration for the 8th day with HB41 first, followed by HB227, HB8, HB40, HB39, HB68, HB35, HB76, HB16, HB2, HB11, HB97, HB7, HB50, HB96, HB51, HB94, HB167, and HB219 in that sequence.
• HB41: Alabama Ahead Act provisions related to pen-enabled features, phase-in, reassignment, deletion of an advisory committee, creation of an oversight committee, and use of funds for broadband wifi infrastructure; amends specified sections and Act 2012-560.
• HB227: Provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, directing funds to the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund managed by the Department of Education.
• HB8: Adds penalties for aggravated child abuse of a child under six.
• HB40: Establishes procedures under the Natural Death Act regarding do-not-resuscitate orders, with related rules and amendments to specified sections.
• HB39: Abolishes a judgeship in the 29th Judicial Circuit and amends related code sections.
• HB68: Prohibits certain contracts with lobbying firms by executive branch entities.

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Subjects

Resolution, Legislative