SR64 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR64 designates HB443 as the Senate's special order of business for the 21st legislative day, making its consideration a top priority.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, SR64 places HB443 on the Senate's special order calendar, giving it priority over other business for the 21st day. HB443, as described, would prohibit the application of human sewage biosolids to land as fertilizer or soil amendment, with exceptions, and would require a constitutional amendment to implement the prohibition. The resolution itself does not change law but sets the agenda for moving HB443 forward.

Who It Affects

• Talladega County residents or landowners who could be affected by a biosolids ban if HB443 becomes law
• Alabama residents more broadly who would be affected by the proposed constitutional amendment related to biosolids land application

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: SR64 designates HB443 as the special, paramount, continuing order of business for the twenty-first Legislative Day, taking precedence over all other matters
• Provision 2: HB443 would prohibit the application of human sewage biosolids to land as fertilizer or soil amendment, with exceptions, and would require a constitutional amendment to implement the prohibition

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