HR118 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

HR118 is a House resolution that makes several bills the special, priority items for the 18th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the listed bills will be the special and paramount order of business for the 18th day, taking precedence over regular or unfinished business. The prioritized bills include those dealing with broadband funding and rules (SB123, SB124), prohibiting bearer-form scrip (SB104), probate court jurisdiction (HB227), chiropractic board property powers (HB313), textbook materials review (SB15), and highway finance authority payment timing (SB67). These changes would alter existing laws in each respective area if the bills become law.

Who It Affects

• House members and committees, who would manage and debate these prioritized bills on the 18th day
• Alabama residents and organizations affected by the bills’ provisions (e.g., broadband program participants and governmental entities, probate courts, chiropractic board, publishers and education material review processes, and highway financing authorities)

Key Provisions

• SB123: Amends the Connect Alabama Act 2021 to raise the minimum broadband service threshold, authorize the Alabama Digital Expansion Division chief to enter nondisclosure agreements, and modify Connect Alabama Fund expenditures (amending 41-23-271, 41-23-273, 41-23-274).
• SB124: Revises the broadband accessibility grant program, increases minimum speed thresholds, expands eligibility to governmental entities, and updates the grant application process (amending 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214).
• SB104: Prohibits bearer-form scrip for corporations (amending 10A-2A-6.04).
• HB227: Expands probate courts’ jurisdiction and related provisions (amending 38-9-3.1, 38-9-6.1; and amending 12-13-1, 38-9-2, 38-9F-4).
• HB313: Allows the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to acquire, convey, and hold real property (amending 34-24-143).
• SB15: Reforms the State Textbook Committee process by allowing publishers to provide standards correlation evidence and requiring the State Superintendent of Education to convene additional review committees and set evaluation criteria (adds 16-36-73; amends 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65).
• SB67: Modifies the payment timing for the Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority (amending 23-1-314).

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolution, Legislative