HR315 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

HR315 is a House resolution that establishes a special order calendar for May 1, 2025, designating several Senate bills as priority items.

What This Bill Does

It designates the listed Senate bills as the special and paramount order of business for the twenty-seventh legislative day, taking precedence over all other regular or unfinished business. The bills named are SB330, SB322, SB279, SB35, SB216, SB174, SB304, SB313, and SB311. It does not change the content of the bills themselves; it only sets the order in which they will be considered.

Who It Affects

• State lawmakers and legislative staff, who will implement and follow the agenda by prioritizing and debating the listed bills on the designated day.
• Local governments, state agencies, businesses, and residents who may be affected by the topics of the priority bills (municipal water boards, district annexation, state house demolition, crime law, retirement/work, business taxes, energy infrastructure funding, and highway access).

Key Provisions

• SB330 — Reconstitutes certain municipal water works boards and provides for additional operating procedures.
• SB322 — Addresses community development districts and authorizes annexation of a district into a municipality.
• SB279 — Authorizes the Legislative Council to contract for demolition of the existing Alabama State House when a new state house is constructed; authorizes disposition of property and materials prior to demolition.
• SB35 — Updates the crime of sexual extortion.
• SB216 — Allows retired firemedics to return to work without suspension of retirement allowance.
• SB174 — Reforms business taxes by requiring annual reports from counties and municipalities, provides for causes of action, and revises the jurisdiction of the Alabama Tax Tribunal.
• SB304 — Establishes the Powering Growth Act, creating the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank and the Strategic Energy Procurement Fund to help finance energy infrastructure projects.
• SB313 — Addresses use of funds from the Alabama 21st Century Authority.
• SB311 — Establishes the procedure for issuing permits for access to state rights-of-way on public highways.

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