HR52 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

This resolution creates a special order calendar for the fifth legislative day, prioritizing three listed bills with 10-minute debates and immediate votes, and prohibiting carryover motions.

What This Bill Does

It designates the fifth day as the special and paramount day for certain bills, taking precedence over regular business. Each bill gets a 10-minute debate window, and after each window the Speaker calls for a vote on the bill and any amendments or substitutes. The listed bills are not eligible for carryover to future days. The included bills concern birth sex/gender identity policy, Medicaid coverage for colorectal cancer screening, and protections for pharmacists who discuss off-label treatments.

Who It Affects

• Members of the Alabama House of Representatives, who will debate and vote on the listed bills during the special order day.
• People and entities affected by the listed bills, including individuals whose sex is recorded at birth, Medicaid patients eligible for colorectal cancer screening coverage, and pharmacists and employers related to off-label treatment policies.

Key Provisions

• Establishes a special order calendar for the fifth legislative day that takes precedence over regular and unfinished business.
• Limits debate on each listed bill to 10 minutes; after each period, the Speaker calls for a vote on the bill and any substitutes or amendments.
• Prohibits carryover motions for these bills; they must be decided on that day.
• Lists the specific bills to be considered: SB79 (sex-based terms; birth sex reporting; policy on sex and gender identity), HB45 (Medicaid coverage for colorectal cancer screening based on USPSTF A/B recommendations), HB79 (prohibits disciplining pharmacists who recommend off-label medical treatments).

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