SR44 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Senate, Special Order Calendar

Summary

SR44 creates a special order calendar that makes a specific list of Senate bills the priority business on the ninth legislative day.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the listed bills become the special, paramount, and continuing order of business and take precedence over all other matters until they are disposed of on the ninth legislative day. It clearly identifies which Senate bills will be discussed and in what context, establishing the sequence for consideration during that day.

Who It Affects

• Employers relocating call centers and the Secretary of Commerce, who must receive notifications under SB249.
• Local governments and residents (including municipalities, park/beach districts, entertainment districts, school boards, and regulatory/public safety entities) affected by the various policy changes in the listed SBs.

Key Provisions

• SB249: Requires employers relocating call centers to notify the Secretary of Commerce (not the director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs); amends Secs. 41-23-230, 41-23-231, 41-23-235 (Act 2019-374).
• SB136: Updates standards for insurance valuation, including small company alternative valuation; condition for revised valuation; amends Sec. 27-36A-20.
• SB88: Allows Class 1 municipalities to have an entertainment district under certain conditions; amends Sec. 28-3A-17.1.
• SB115: Authorizes a community paramedicine program for Emergency Medical Services personnel; State Board of Health to adopt rules; adds Sec. 22-18-10 and amends Sec. 22-18-1.
• SB164: Expands consumer protection against deceptive trade practices and pyramid sales structures; amends Secs. 8-19-3, 8-19-5.
• SB170: Builds the BEST (Building Exceptional School Board Team) Act with standards, training, and discipline for local boards of education members; repeals Sec. 16-1-41.1 and amends Secs. 16-8-1, 16-11-2.
• SB140: Creates the Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; defines terms, grants operator liens, and modifies related sections (adds Secs. 8-15-40 to 8-15-49; repeals 8-15-30 to 8-15-38).
• SB65: Provides procedures for dissolving park and beach boards and transferring them to municipalities; amends Sec. 11-22-16.
• SB63: Establishes a Psychology Professional Wellness Committee within the Psychology Examiners Board to provide intervention services; outlines duties and immunity; adds Sec. 34-26-4.
• SB173: Requires labeling of agricultural lime with its relative neutralizing value (RNV); amends related sections (2-23-2, 2-23-4).
• SB2: Limits use of license plate scanners by law enforcement on public highways; addresses confidentiality, destruction of data, and penalties.

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Subjects

Resolutions, Legislative