HB90 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randall Shedd

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Professional licensing Boards, self-sustaining, bds, agencies, and commissions exempted from publishing expenditures through Comptroller website, required to post expenditures on bd, agency, or commission website, Sec. 41-4-65 am'd.

Summary

HB 90 requires self-sustaining professional licensing boards to publish their expenditures publicly and creates the Alabama Sunrise Act to guide new regulation proposals.

What This Bill Does

It amends 41-4-65 to require each self-sustaining licensing board, agency, or commission to publish expenditure data either in the Comptroller's online database or on the board's public website, including details like amount, date, payor, payee, and object, with data that is searchable and downloadable. Boards must choose their publishing option annually and there will be linked access on both the state's public home page and the board's site. The bill also adds the Alabama Sunrise Act (41-20-4.1), which requires the Sunset Committee to review proposals for regulating additional professions or occupations and assess the necessity and cost-effectiveness of the proposed regulation to protect public health, safety, or welfare, using specified information and criteria.

Who It Affects

• Self-sustaining professional licensing boards, agencies, and commissions: they must publish expenditure data publicly (Comptroller database or board website) and maintain linkage and accessibility.
• Members of the public and taxpayers: they gain access to searchable expenditure information for these boards, increasing transparency.

Key Provisions

• Expenditure reporting requirement for self-sustaining licensing boards, including amount, date, payor, payee, and object of expense; data must be searchable and downloadable; confidentiality rules apply; no public fee to access.
• Annual option for boards to choose between publishing in the Comptroller's database or on the board's website; Department of Finance must prominently link to expenditure data on the state's public home page; each board must include a prominent link to its expenditure information on its site.
• Creation of the Alabama Sunrise Act (41-20-4.1): establishes a Sunrise process to review proposed regulation of new professions or occupations)
• Sunset Committee review framework: requires proponents to provide detailed information (e.g., number affected, harm, alternatives, costs, and training), outlines factors to consider (public harm, training measurability, job impact, costs, and effectiveness of other protections), and directs assessment of least restrictive, cost-effective regulatory options.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Professional Licensing Boards