SJR51 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

William “Bill” M. BeasleySenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council continued

Summary

SJR51 continues the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council to coordinate state efforts to fight opioid overdoses and addiction.

What This Bill Does

It keeps the council alive with its current leadership and membership, and requires it to continue meeting, study the state's opioid crisis, monitor the strategic action plan, and provide updates and recommendations to the Governor. It lets non-legislative council members be reimbursed for expenses related to meetings, training, and duties. It provides legislative council members with regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each meeting day, paid from legislative funds, with a restriction that no one may receive extra compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session or if they are already paid for other state business on the same dates.

Who It Affects

• Non-legislative members of the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council, who may be reimbursed for expenses related to attending meetings, training, and fulfilling council duties.
• Legislative members of the council, who are entitled to regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day they attend a council meeting (paid from legislative funds), subject to session and other payment restrictions.

Key Provisions

• Continues the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council established by Executive Order No. 708.
• Keeps leadership and membership in place and requires ongoing meetings, study, monitoring, and evaluation of the strategic action plan with periodic updates and recommendations to the Governor.
• Non-legislative members may be reimbursed for expenses related to meetings, training, and fulfilling council duties.
• Legislative members are entitled to regular compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day they attend a council meeting; payments are made from funds appropriated to the Legislature; no additional compensation or per diem if the Legislature is in session or if other state payments are being made on the same dates.
• Payments are made by warrants drawn by the Comptroller on the State Treasury.
• The council will monitor and evaluate the implementation of the strategic action plan and report to the Governor.

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

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