SR42 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR42 sets the Senate's special order calendar, designating specific Senate bills as priority business for the 10th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

The resolution names ten Senate bills (SB208, SB228, SB169, SB142, SB83, SB57, SB139, SB128, SB162, SB140) as the special, paramount and continuing order of business. These bills will take precedence over all other matters until they are disposed of on the 10th day. It lists the sponsoring senators for each bill and indicates that the bills would amend various existing laws (where specified in the bill descriptions). The focus is on scheduling priority, not on changing policy content itself.

Who It Affects

• Senate members and staff: must treat these ten bills as the top priority on the 10th legislative day, potentially delaying other business.
• Stakeholders connected to the listed bills: include real estate and license plate fund interests (SB208), prisoners and jail operations (SB228), HVAC industry apprentices and technicians (SB169), eye bank taxation (SB142), higher education governance (SB83), retirement benefits via special needs trusts (SB57), eminent domain processes (SB139), election ballot privacy (SB128), motor fuel licensing waivers during emergencies (SB162), and sex education content (SB140).

Key Provisions

• Identifies SB208, SB228, SB169, SB142, SB83, SB57, SB139, SB128, SB162, and SB140 as the special order of business for the 10th Legislative day.
• Specifies these bills take precedence over all other matters until they are disposed of on that day.
• Mentions the sponsor and order of each bill in the calendar (e.g., Holley—SB208, Orr—SB228, Scofield—SB169, Waggoner—SB142, Melson—SB83, Ward—SB57, Beasley—SB139, Elliott—SB128, Figures—SB162, Whatley—SB140).
• Notes that the listed bills would amend specific sections of Alabama law as indicated (e.g., SB208 amends 32-6-523; SB228 amends several sections including 14-6-40, 14-6-42, 14-6-47, 14-6-48, 36-22-17; SB169 amends 34-31-18, 34-31-24, 34-31-25, 34-31-28; SB162 amends 40-2-11; SB139 amends 18-1A-3, 18-1A-22; SB57 amends 12-18-156, 16-25-14, 36-27-16; SB128 adds Sec. 17-9-50.1; SB140 amends Sec. 16-40A-2).
• Some entries (SB142 and SB83) describe the bill content without explicit amending sections shown in this listing.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative