David Standridge

Gulf of Mexico, renamed, observation and implementation by state and local entities and state and local employees required where practicable

Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, minimum educational qualifications for speech-language pathology assistant provided

Blount County, lodging tax increased, additional lodging tax levied, collection and distribution provided for

Blount County, coroner, salary and expense allowance, expense for office

Blount County, county commission, annual salary, prior salary and expense allowances superseded and repealed.

Blount County, taxation of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products, constitutional amendment

To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundary lines and corporate limits of the Town of Hayden in Blount County.

Blount County, taxation of vapor and alternative nicotine products

Lester Memorial Methodist Church- Commending

Relating to Blount County; to provide for a new court cost to fund payments to employees of the sheriff's office who perform hazardous duties; and conditioning operation on voter approval at a referendum.

To amend Section 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-112 of the 2022 Regular Session, relating to meeting days of boards of registrars; to increase the number of working days that the Blount County Board of Registrars may meet each week.

Relating to volunteer fire departments; to amend Sections 9-3-11, 9-3-12, and 9-3-13, Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide duties and procedures for the Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee; and to add Section 9-3-21 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create and provide procedures for administration of the Rural and Community Fire Protection Development and Improvement Grant Program.

CONGRATULATING THE APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2023 ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CLASS 1A STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

Firearms, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act, restrictions on enforcement of executive orders, provided

Blount Co., sheriff, compensation, further provided, qualification established, Sec. 45-5-230 am'd.

Emergency Communication districts, 911 telephone calls, victims confidential, procedure for release of 911 written transcripts, further provided, maintenacne of recording of 911 calls for two years, Sec. 11-98-12 am'd.

Oneonta High School football team, commended

Susan Moore High School Varsity Girl's basketball team, commended

Elections, Sec. of State authorized to conduct a one-time post-election audit of vote count

Pistol permits, active member of U.S. Armed Forces and an honorably discharged veteran, issuance without payment of fee, Sec. 13A-11-75.1 am'd.

Susan Moore High School Girls Basketball Team, commended

Pistol permits, active member of U.S. Armed Forces and an honorably discharged veteran, issurance without payment of fee, Sec. 13A-11-75.1 am'd.

Elections, Election Emergency Act, establish, suspension or delay election in emergency, authorized, Secs. 17-9-70 to 17-9-72, inclusive, added; Sec. 17-11-3 am'd.

Hayden, corp. limits alt.

Firefighter Brenden Alexander Pierce Highway, portion of Highway 75 in Allgood, named

SSGT Forrest B. Sibley Memorial Highway, Highway 231 Bridge over L and N Railroad in Blount Co., named

Blount Co., firearms, fee for license to carry a pistol, active, retired, and honorably discharged military exempt from those fees, Sec. 45-5-232 am'd.

Special judges, compensation, at a sum not to exceed one hundred per day and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses, Sec. 12-1-14.1 am'd.

Telecommunications, broadband services, deployment of broadband infrastructure and telecommunication services near the right-of-way of railroads, procedure established

Hayden High School Girls Softball Team, commended

Payne, Chance, outstanding professional achievement, commended

State agencies, national motto "In God We Trust", use authorized on public buildings and vehicles

Rural Hospital Transformation and Stability Act, Ala. Rural Hospital Global Budget Board established, funding for rural hospitals accepted into program through global payment from certain insurers

Competitive Bid law, purchase and installation of heating and air conditioning units for local boards of education, exempted when bid pursuant to purchasing cooperative and process approved by Dept. of Examiners of Public Accounts, Secs. 39-1-5, 39-2-2 am'd.

Guardianships and conservatorships, working interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS) movement, supported

David Klein - Death Mourned

Elections, Election Emergency Act, establish, suspension or delay election in emergency, authorized, Secs. 17-9-70 to 17-9-72, inclusive, added

Blount Co., sheriff authorized to sell certain abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen property, and firearms, notice, record keeping requirement, distribution of funds for law enforcement purposes

Blount Co., solid waste, portion of fees collected to be distrib. to Blount Co. Commission, distrib. to volunteer fire depts., and rescue squads, Sec. 45-5-171 am'd.

Hayden, corp. limits alt.

Competitive Bid law, purchase and installation of heating and air conditioning units for local boards of education, exempted when bid pursuant to purchasing cooperative and process approved by Dept. of Examiners of Public Accounts, Secs. 39-1-5, 39-2-2 am'd.

Locust Fork High School Girls Basketball Team, commended

Nation's power grid, protection from cyber threats urged

Locust Fork High School Girls Basketball Team, commended

Nation's power grid, protection from cyber threats urged

Blount Co., sheriff's pistol permit fee, deposit of funds, Sec. 45-5-232 am'd.

Firearms, pistol permits, retired military, lifetime permit provided at no cost, power of sheriff to revoke

Dependent children, Human Resources Dept required to make efforts to place infant of a dependent minor mother with the minor mother in foster care, Sec. 12-15-314 am'd.

Pistol permits, veterans, retirees authorized to receive at no cost, exclusion of non disabled retirees deleted, Sec. 13A-11-75.1 am'd.

Criminal mischief in the second degree, crime involving church or religious building, mandatory minimum jail time for second or subsequent offenses, restitution a priority, Sec. 13A-7-22 am'd.

Advisory Board of Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission, providing further, Sec. 24-6-3 am'd.

Elections, mobility disabled and elderly voters authorized to go to front of line at polling place, notice, Sec. 17-9-13 am'd.

Assisted living administrators, licensure and regulation, replacement license fee, annual administrative fee, reapplication fee, disciplinary actions, Secs. 34-2A-2, 34-2A-8, 34-2A-11, 34-2A-12, 34-2A-13 am'd.

Hayden, corp. limits, alt.

Hall, James Edwards, II., death mourned

Carr, James E., professional achievement, commended

Judge of probate, estates, bond of conservators, executors, administrators, liability limited unless grossly negligent, judicial immunity further provided for, Secs. 26-3-13, 43-2-82 am'd.

Elections, independent candidate and political parties, ballot access, filing fee, Secs. 17-6-22, 17-9-3 am'd.

Water works boards, serving counties other than co., where organized, additional board members, term, compensation, coverage by Ethics Law, notice and hearing regarding rate increases

Warrantless arrests, authorized upon commission of certain crimes on property of an educational institution, Secs. 13A-7-1, 15-10-3 am'd.

Ethics Commission, statements of economic interest, electronic database, redaction of identifying information to include statements filed prior to August 1, 2013, Sec. 36-25-4.3 am'd.

Oneonta High School football team, commended

Criminal justice employees, including judges, district attorneys, law enforcement officers, etc., protection against disclosure of personal information, disclosure of by State Ethics Commission prohibited, Secs. 36-25-4.3, 41-13-7 am'd.

Sexual misconduct, sexual contact in cases other than circumstances covered by sexual abuse or when consent is obtained by fraud, Sec. 13A-6-65 am'd.

Sex Crimes, school employee having sexual contact with student under age of 19, sexual contact clarified to include asking student to initiate contact, Sec. 13A-6-82 am'd.

Judge of probate, estates, bond of conservators, executors, administrators, liability limited unless grossly negligent, judicial immunity further provided for, Secs. 26-3-13, 43-2-82 am'd.

Goodwin, Dr. E. Bert, Jr., death mourned