SB313 Alabama 2022 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Arthur Orr SenatorRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2022
- Title
- Educational institutions, including colleges and universities, local boards of education, and schools, prohibited from using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures
- Description
This bill would prohibit a public official or public employee from expending public funds to advocate in favor of or against statewide and local ballot measures.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
- Subjects
- Education
Bill Actions
Assigned Act No. 2022-428.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Concurred in Second House Amendment
Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1089
Concurrence Requested
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988
Jones (M) Amendment Offered
Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 986
Jones (M) motion to Reconsider adopted Roll Call 984
Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 985
Jones (M) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 987
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 983
Hassell 2nd Amendment Offered
Kiel Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 982
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 981
Sells Amendment Offered
Hassell motion to WITHDRAW adopted Voice Vote
Hassell 1st Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 912
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 911
Third Reading Passed
Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 741
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 741
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate Roll Call 911
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass Roll Call 912
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 981
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 982
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 983
Jones (M) motion to Reconsider Roll Call 984
Jones (M) motion to Table Roll Call 985
Jones (M) motion to Reconsider Roll Call 986
Jones (M) motion to Table Roll Call 987
Motion to Adopt Roll Call 988
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass Roll Call 989
Orr motion to Concur In and Adopt Roll Call 1089
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature