HR516 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Connie C. Rowe
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Shroud Award, 2017 recipient designated
Summary: HR516 designates the 2017 Shroud Award recipient, naming HB 487 (gasoline taxes) as the winner in a lighthearted Alabama House resolution.
What This Bill Does
This is a House resolution that designates the winner of the 2017 Shroud Award. It names House Bill 487, which would levy additional gasoline taxes, as the recipient. It asks Representative Bill Poole to accept the symbolic shroud on HB 487. The designation is intended as humor and does not enact policy or change existing laws.

Who It Affects
Members of the Alabama House of Representatives, who participate in the Shroud Award tradition and will see the designation.
HB 487 and its supporters, including Representative Bill Poole, who is asked to accept the symbolic shroud for the bill.

Key Provisions
Designates House Bill 487, which proposes additional gasoline taxes, as the recipient of the 2017 Shroud Award.
Requests Representative Bill Poole to accept the symbolic shroud on HB 487, and notes the designation is for humor and does not create policy changes.

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Subjects: Resolutions, Legislative

Boothe motion to Adopt adopted Voice Vote

Introduced