Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
SB248 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB248 Alabama 2025 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Arthur Orr SenatorRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Administrative Procedure Act, standard of judicial review of agency rulings revised
- Description
Under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, agency rulings in contested cases are required to be taken as prima facie just and reasonable by a reviewing court on questions of fact and the agency's interpretation of laws based on those facts.
This bill would revise the standard of judicial review to provide that a court may consider, not defer, to an agency's interpretation of law and to favor a reasonable interpretation which limits agency power and maximizes individual liberty.
- Subjects
- Administrative Law and Procedures
Bill Actions
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House from House Judiciary 11457ZL-1
H
Judiciary 1st Amendment SLMNS57-1
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 814
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Pending Senate State Governmental Affairs
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs
Calendar
Hearing
Senate State Governmental Affairs Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 13:00:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 814
Yes
30
Absent
4
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
30
Absent
4
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
30
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB248 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Judiciary Reported Out of Committee Second House
Amendment
House Judiciary Judiciary 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by Second Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature