SR34 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

J.T. WaggonerSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

SR34 sets the special order calendar for the 16th legislative day and lists priority bills for consideration.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, it establishes the order of business for that day and places the listed bills at the front of the agenda. It does not change statutes itself, but moves these bills to be considered before other routine business. The items cover topics such as expungement for youthful offenders, licensing considerations, insurance fraud enforcement, school employment by contract, child labor penalties, teacher retirement rules, agricultural fencing tax exemptions, development authorities, sheriff fundraising, school board compensation, and reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals.

Who It Affects

• Youthful offenders who could petition to have records expunged under SB153.
• Workers seeking occupational licenses, as boards would consider criminal convictions under SB79.
• Insurance industry participants and the public, due to changes in fraud statute-of-limitations and arrest powers for the Insurance Fraud Unit under SB65.
• Local boards of education, school administrators, and school employees impacted by contract employment provisions in SB33 and retirement/discipline rules in SB56 and SB175.
• Employers and minors under child labor laws, who would face higher civil and criminal penalties under SB119.
• Farmers and property owners affected by the agricultural fencing tax exemption in SB73.
• Municipalities and commercial development authorities affected by project definitions in SB168.
• Sheriffs and related fundraising groups by authorizing fundraising events under SB161.
• Formerly incarcerated individuals and advocates, due to the study commission on reintegration and related provisions in SB162.

Key Provisions

• SB153 Expungement: Allows a person adjudged a youthful offender for a misdemeanor, violation, traffic violation, or municipal ordinance violation to file a petition to have records expunged.
• SB79 Occupational Licensing Boards: Requires consideration of criminal convictions when licensing is restricted.
• SB65 Insurance Department: Increases the statute of limitations for insurance fraud; grants the Insurance Fraud Unit investigators power of arrest to include other state laws.
• SB33 Public K-12 Education: Allows certain school leadership positions (assistant superintendents, assistant chief school finance officers, assistant principals) to be employed by contract under local boards of education.
• SB119 Child labor: Increases civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate child labor laws.
• SB56 Teachers and school employees: Terminates state retirement benefits upon conviction of certain sex crimes involving a minor.
• SB73 Taxation: Provides exemption from taxation for agricultural fencing.
• SB168 Municipalities: Expands the definition of a project for development authorities to include single commercial enterprises.
• SB161 Sheriffs: Authorizes fundraising events for sheriffs.
• SB175 Local boards of education: Increases maximum compensation for board members and requires continuing education as a condition for compensation.
• SB162 Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: Extends the dissolution date, adds members, and applies retroactively.

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