HR62 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joe LovvornRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

HR62 establishes a special order of business for the seventh legislative day to fast-track a package of bills that would extend sunset dates for multiple state boards and related policies.

What This Bill Does

It designates a top-priority order of business and outlines a package of bills to be considered, most of which would allow certain state boards and commissions to continue existing and operating through specified future dates. The bills primarily extend the sunset dates for many boards (e.g., Massage Therapy, General Contractors, Onsite Wastewater, Real Estate, Bail Bonding, Occupational Therapy, Engineers and Land Surveyors, Security Regulatory Board, Historical Commission, Architects, Polygraph Examiners, Landscape Architects, and others) through 2024–2027. The package also includes HB109, which would create a credential quality and transparency framework and a public online registry of credentials, plus related education and career-readiness provisions, and SB113, which would set visitation policies for health care facilities and patient rights, with related complaint mechanisms and exemptions.

Who It Affects

• Licensed professionals and their boards (e.g., massage therapists, general contractors, wastewater professionals, real estate licensees, bail bond agents, occupational therapists, engineers and land surveyors, security regulators, historians, architects, polygraph examiners, landscape architects) whose licenses and boards would be extended.
• Board staff and agencies that administer these licenses and rules, who would continue operations under the extended sunset dates.
• Patients, health care facilities, and visitors, due to SB113's proposed visitation rights, policies, and complaint mechanisms.
• Students and workers who would rely on the new credential registry and college/career readiness definitions and programs introduced by HB109.

Key Provisions

• Designates a special order of business for the seventh legislative day and places the listed bills ahead of regular business.
• HB192-HB207 would extend the existence and functioning of numerous state boards and commissions (e.g., Massage Therapy; General Contractors; Onsite Wastewater; Real Estate; Bail Bonding; Occupational Therapy; Engineers and Land Surveyors; Security Regulatory Board; Historical Commission; Architects; Polygraph Examiners; Bar admission Examiners; Construction Recruitment Institute; Athletic Commission; Athlete Agents; Landscape Architects) to specified dates (mostly Oct 1, 2027, with some earlier dates such as Oct 1, 2024–2026.
• HB109 would create the Alabama Credential Quality and Transparency Act and the Alabama College and Career Readiness Act, establishing a free online registry of educational and occupational credentials, restricting release of personal information, setting data breach procedures, and defining college/career readiness; it would involve new divisions and potential local funding implications.
• SB113 would require health care facilities to adopt visitation policies protecting patient visitation rights, allow designation of essential caregivers, limit certain vaccination proof requirements, prohibit overly restrictive visitor rules, provide a complaint mechanism, and include certain immunities and exemptions (including a repeal of prior hospital visitation provisions).

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