SB192 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Sam GivhanSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Legislature; codification of certain regular and special session acts and Code Commissioner Technical Revisions into the Code of Alabama 1975

Summary

SB192 codifies into the Code of Alabama 1975 the laws enacted in 2023 sessions and related local laws, updates the code volumes, and assigns responsibilities to the Code Publisher and Secretary of State for maintaining and certifying the official code.

What This Bill Does

It adopts and incorporates the 2023 session laws (First Special, Regular, and Second Special) as shown in the 2023 cumulative supplements and 2024 replacement volumes, plus the 2023 local law supplements, into the Code of Alabama 1975. It makes corrections to certain volumes of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes. It declares the adoption a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and sets duties for the Code Publisher and Secretary of State, while noting it does not affect 2024 session statutes. It requires the Code Publisher to certify it has discharged its editing/publishing duties for the replacement volumes, and it outlines how the Secretary of State will custody, file, and certify parts of the volumes upon request and for a fee. It takes immediate effect.

Who It Affects

• Code Publisher (Thomson Reuters), responsible for editing, publishing, and certifying the 2024 Replacement Volumes 16, 21, and 21A and for non-substantive corrections resulting from changes in references, names, and clerical errors
• Secretary of State, who will receive, file, and safeguard the adopted volumes and may certify portions to the public upon proper certificate and fee; the public gains access to certified portions of the updated code

Key Provisions

• Adoption and incorporation into the Code of Alabama 1975 of the 2023 First Special, 2023 Regular, and 2023 Second Special Session laws as they appear in the 2023 Cumulative Supplements and 2024 Replacement Volumes 16, 21, and 21A, plus 2023 local law supplements
• Corrections to specified volumes of the cumulative supplements and replacement volumes to fix publishing errors and remove repealed sections
• Declaration that the adoption constitutes a continuous systematic codification of the entire Code and that it does not affect 2024 session statutes; acknowledgment that this act is a law that adopts a code
• Duties and certification by the Code Publisher confirming completion of editing/publishing responsibilities for the replacement volumes, including non-substantive adjustments
• Provisions that the adoption does not repeal or alter any 2024 statutes and that the Secretary of State must file and preserve the volumes, with authority to certify parts to the public upon payment of a fee
• Immediate effectiveness of the act

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

Subjects

Legislature