Juandalynn Givan

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; delay in disclosing certain recordings restricted

Criminal procedure; criminal convictions sealed under certain circumstances; procedures established; exceptions provided; civil cause of action established

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited subject to exceptions

Firearms, to prohibit possession and transfer of assault weapon under certain circumstances

Creating an Ebony Alert System to send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain circumstances.

To make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations or for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the individual's weight or body size; state cause of action against an employer who does so created

Employment; requiring employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

Municipal police departments; report number of law enforcement officers employed by department to Alabama Justice Information Commission, ALEA, and Attorney General

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, makeup artist license and lash/brow artist permit qualifications provided, exemptions

Law enforcement, Police Abuse Registry and Law Enforcement Injury Fund created, penalties provided for and civil actions authorized

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Firearms, possession of bump stocks prohibited in class 1 municipalities, criminal penalties for violations

Firearms; Class 1 municipalities; possession of certain firearms prohibited under federal law; possession of firearms by prohibited person under federal law, penalty provided

Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, esthetician/makeup artist subject to licensing by board, qualifications for licensing provided, exemptions

Crimes & offenses, provides that advertising access to sexual or labor servitude is a Class B felony

Urging Governor Ivey to follow through on discussions with Sarah Collins Rudolph and her attorneys

A.H. Parker High School, commended

Bryant Woods, commended

Charles Cornelius Brooks, Jr., death mourned

Dr. Walter B. Gonsoulin, Jr., congratulated

Diedra Evon Preston, death mourned

Patricia Witherspoon, death mourned

Louis Patrick Thomas, death mourned

23rd Street Missionary Baptist Church, celebrated

Dr. William McKinley Norwood, Sr., death mourned

Reverend Dr. Prince Emanuel Yelder, commended

Tammy Littleton, death mourned

Cheryl Varnadoe Ramsey, death mourned

To make it unlawful for a person to deny an individual full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations based upon the individual's weight or body size; to make it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an applicant or employee based upon the applicant or employee's weight or body size; and to create a state cause of action against an employer who does so.

Regulating noise and heavy truck traffic in residential areas

Crimes & Offenses, creates the crime of virtual kidnapping & establishes penalties for violations

State holidays; to add Juneteenth as a state holiday.

Body-worn and dashboard cameras; delay in disclosing certain recordings restricted

Repeal Act 2023-560, relating the the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program.

To create an Ebony Alert System to send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain circumstances.

Criminal procedure; criminal convictions sealed under certain circumstances; procedures established; exceptions provided; civil cause of action established

Employment; to require employers to provide reasonable break time and location for employees to express breast milk.

Apartments; requires owners to perform background checks on certain players and enact certain policies regarding keys

Firearms, to prohibit possession and transfer of assault weapons under certain circumstances

Firearms, bump stocks prohibited

Crimes & offenses, provides that advertising access to sexual or labor servitude is a Class B felony

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother; father of unborn child required to pay for certain abortion costs; district judge authorized to excuse father from payment if father undergoes vasectomy

Abortion; authorized to preserve health of mother or if pregnancy result of rape or incest; man convicted of rape or incest required to pay for abortion and undergo vasectomy; mother of unborn child who undergoes abortion to preserve her health authorized to petition to require father of unborn child to pay for certain abortion costs; judge authorized to excuse father from payment if he undergoes vasectomy

Gladys Motley Norman, death mourned

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day, February 27, 2024, recognized

Herbert Palmer, Jr., death mourned

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day, February 27, 2024, recognized

AKA Day at the Capitol, February 27, 2024, recognized

Tommie Lewis, commended

Relating to Jefferson County; to prohibit certain forms of street racing and exhibition driving; to authorize the county commission to assess civil penalties for violations; to authorize the towing and impoundment of a motor vehicle for a violation; to provide for the administration and enforcement procedures; and to provide adjudicative and appellate procedures.

Relating to Jefferson County; to amend Section 45-37-30, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the funding of the Jefferson County Cemetery Board, and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Relating to law enforcement agency recordings; to provide for circumstances and procedures to disclose or release recordings made by body-worn cameras or dashboard cameras used by law enforcement agencies; and to provide who may request disclosure or release and the procedure for requesting disclosure or release of recordings.

Relating to assault weapons; to prohibit the sale or delivery of an assault weapon to any person under 18 years of age; to prohibit any person under 18 years of age from possessing an assault weapon; to provide penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Relating to state holidays; to amend Section 1-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, to add Juneteenth as a state holiday; and to delete duplicative language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Relating to education; to create the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the State Treasurer; to define "eligible institutions"; to authorize the State Treasurer to establish terms and conditions of loans; to require reporting of contract terms and on the operation of the program; to establish the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Loan Program Fund in the State Treasury to receive appropriations from the Legislature for funding loans and loan repayments; and to provide for recovery of amounts due.

Relating to the Alabama Department of Public Health; to adopt the Genesis Act; to require the Department of Health to establish a Certificate of Nonviable Birth form to issue to parents, upon request, for certain nonviable births.

RECOGNIZING APRIL AS ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH.

MOURNING THE DEATH OF MR. JESSE HOSEY.

MOURNING THE DEATH AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF FIREMAN JORDAN ELLIS MELTON.

COMMENDING JAMES L. STEWART ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

Broadband, revising broadband accessibility grant program, increasing minimum threshold speed, expanding program to governmental entities, revising grant application process, Sec. 41-23-211, 41-23-212, 41-23-213, 41-23-214 am'd.

Crimes and offenses, municipalities, crime of misrepresenting the police jurisdiction estab., penalties

Municipal courts, to provide minimum guidelines for the handling of court costs, fees, and fines in municipal courts

Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions

Law enforcement, use of physical force under certain conditions, prohobit use of deadly force in certain circumstances, recordings, procedure to determine to whom and what portion of a recording to disclose or release established

Jefferson County, Cemetery Board, funding further provided, Sec. 45-37-30 am'd.

James, Lionel, death mourned

James, Lionel, death mourned

Taylor, Geneva, 75th birthday, commended

Jefferson Co., Birmingham Cemetery Bd., appointment of chair further provided for, Sec. 45-37-30 am'd.

Expungements, administrative filing fees eliminated, Sec. 15-27-4 repealed; Sec. 15-27-3 am'd.

Monuments, Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, a county or municipality authorize to remove any monument located on public property for less than 50 years, a waiver required from Committee on Alabama Monument Protection before monument can be removed that has been situated for 50 years of more, Sec. 41-9-230 repealed; Secs. 41-9-231 to 41-9-237, inclusive, am'd.

Law enforcement, recordings, procedure to determine to whom and what portion of a recording to disclose or release established

Education, requires all public K-12 schools to require student completion of a semester-long course in Black American history

Historical monuments, local governments authorized to remove and required to transfer ownership to Archives and History or Alabama Historical Commission for public display, Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017, Secs. 41-9-230 to 41-9-237, inclusive, repealed

Bailey, Florence W., death mourned

Hayden, George Washington, Sr., death mourned

Tri-County Organization of Professional Women, commended

Parental rights, provide that a conviction of a parent for rape or incest is a ground for termination of parental rights if the rape or incest resulted in the conception of the child, Sec. 12-15-319 am'd.

Raby, Larry Lewis, commended

Anderson, Mable Bell, death mourned

Jefferson Co., taxation, sales tax proceeds, distrib. to nonprofit or charitable organizations, co. commission to distrb. grants, Sec. 45-37-249.08 am'd.

Campaign finance, time by which contribution and expenditures must be reported day before an election revised, Sec. 17-5-8 am'd.

Law enforcement, recordings, not public records, procedure to determine to whom and what portion of a recording to disclose or release established

Peoples, Darryl, commended

Municipalities, govening body, exemption of public property from, requirements of memorial preservation acts, acts/code amd

Memorial Preservation Act, repealed, Secs. 41-9-230 to 41-9-237, inclusive, repealed

Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions

Memorial Preservation Act, does not apply to Class 1 municipalities, Sec. 41-9-236 am'd; Act 2017-354, 2017 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Assault weapons, prohibit sale or transfer of an assault weapon to anyone under 21 years of age, to prohibit anyone under 21 years of age from possessing an assault weapon

Birmingham, alcoholic beverage, Sunday sales, city council authorized to commence at 10:00 a.m.

Birmingham, city council and mayor, term of office, Secs. 45-37A-52.50, 45-37A-52.90 am'd.

Schools, City of Birmingham Board of Education, election, term of office, Secs. 45-37A-50.04, 45-37A-52.90 am'd.

Roberson, Emma, 100th birthday, commended

Smithfield Walk Club, commended

Jones, Dorothy McPherson, death mourned

Jones, Dorothy McPherson, death mourned

Lewis, Rhonda Steele, death mourned

Sexual offenses, mandatory minimum sentence of three years imprisonment

Firearms, purchase of a firearm with intent to deliver to another person who is prohibited by federal or state law from possessing considered a crime, penalties, Sec. 13A-11-58.1 am'd.

Fiduciaries, Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, adopted, fiduciaries, duties with regard to computer files, web domains, virtual currency and other digital assets, Secs. 19-1A-1 to 19-1A-18, inclusive, added

Compensation, Alabama Minimum Wage Act, set state minimum wage for hourly and tipped employees, Commissioner of Labor to enforce, establish civil penalties

Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes, criminal record, with exceptions

Probate court, court costs, payable at discretion of court when pleading filed, security deposits for court costs authorized, Sec. 12-19-43 am'd.

Jefferson Co., cemetery board established, terms defined, members and duties, provided for, funding provided

Alcoholic beverages, Sunday sales, counties and muns. were authorized, authorized to sell after 10 am where authorized by co. commission or city council, referendum under certain conditions

Driving under the influence, ignition interlock provisions, further provided for, required for persons approved for pretrial diversion, ignition interlock fee for municipal court cases distributed to municipality, fee for indigents lowered, Sec. 32-5A-191, 32-5A-191.4 am'd.

Ham, George D., commended

Williams, Earlene, death mourned

Sewell, Andrew Anthony, death mourned

Singleton, Gary Todd Jr., death mourned

Moral turpitude, defined for purposes of voter qualification, Sec. 17-3-30.1 added; Sec. 15-22-36.1 am'd.

Fiduciaries, Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, adopted, fiduciaries, duties with regard to computer files, web domains, virtual currency and other digital assets

Employment practice, unlawful to inquire from job applicant information relating to arrests or conviction of crimes

Hate crimes, motivated by victim's sexual orientation, additional penalties imposed, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.

Colleges, allow football to be played at public two-year junior and community colleges

Marriage, same-sex, rights provided for

Knight, Bobbie, J., outstanding professional achievements, commended

Jones, Ella Bertha Joseph Bowman, commended

Sankey, Katie B. Taylor, commended

McDaniel, Joseph, commended

Wooding, Norman B., III, commended

Conwell, Inger Black, death mourned

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 100th anniversary, commended

Hardy, Glenn Eric, death mourned

Right of Publicity Act, elements and scope of liability for infringement period, extent of right provided, defenses, and damages specified

Sex Offenders, registration and community notification, technical revisions and citations update various sections, petition for relief from employment, residency living restriction, civil division of circuit courts, absconding without registering, penalty, Secs. 12-15-107, 12-15-116, 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-19-7, 15-20A-4 to 15-20A-9, incl., 15-20A-11, 15-20A-12, 15-20A-14, 15-20A-15, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-18, 15-20A-21 to 15-20A-29, incl., 15-20A-32, 15-20A-34, 15-20A-35, 15-20A-37, 15-20A-38, 15-20A-39, 15-20A-40, 15-20A-42, 15-20A-43, 15-20A-44, 15-20A-45, 15-20A-46, 15-22-27.3, 32-6-49.24, 36-18-24, 36-18-25, 38-13-2, 38-13-4 am'd.

Impeachment of state and local officers and officials, Article 7, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed and reenacted, const. amend.

Sexually transmitted diseases, increased criminal penalties for transmittal of or exposure to, Sec. 22-11A-21 am'd.

Hardy, Evenlyn Starks, death mourned

Maxwell, Herman, 10th Anniversary pastoring Lee's Chapel Baptist Church in Brookside, Alabama, and 20th Anniversary in the ministry, commended

Legislature, vacancy in office of House Representatives and Senate, Section 46 (Section 46, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd., const. amend.

Sex Offenders, registration and community notification, technical revisions and citations update various sections, petition for relief from employment, residency living restriction, civil division of circuit courts, absconding without registering, penalty, Secs. 12-15-107, 12-15-116, 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-19-7, 15-20A-4 to 15-20A-7, incl., 15-20A-9, 15-20A-11, 15-20A-14, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-18, 15-20A-21 to 15-20A-26, incl., 15-20A-28, 15-20A-29, 15-20A-32, 15-20A-34, 15-20A-35, 15-20A-37, 15-20A-39, 15-20A-40, 15-20A-43, 15-20A-45, 15-20A-46, 15-22-27.3, 32-6-49.24, 36-18-24, 36-18-25, 38-13-2, 38-13-4

Class 1 Municipalities, parolees and probationers of the municipal court to pay a fee to contribute to cost of his or her supervision and rehabilitation, fee not included in state income tax

Parker High School Basketball Team, commended

Carr-Hunter-Hope, Regina, commended

Word, Elise, death mourned

Parker High School Basketball Team, commended

Roundtree, Richard, commended

Children, failure to report a missing child in the first degree, second degree, and in the third degree, failure to report the death of a child, false reporting to law enforcement authorities, crimes of established, defenses, Caylee's Law

Hate crimes, motivated by victim's sexual orientation, additional penalties imposed, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.

Birmingham, City of, court cost, prosecutor's fee in municipal cases in lieu of any other solicitor or prosecutor's fee, distribution to general fund

Class 1 municipalities, (Birmingham), fiscal year city council authorized October 1, to move start date to deadlines for submission of budget proposal and adoption of general fund budget, budget hearing, publication of notice of meeting, Act 452, 1955 Reg. Sess.; Act 792, 1973 Reg. Sess., am'd.

Birmingham, establishing Greater Birmingham Drinking Water Commission

Bushelon, Aubrey, death mourned

Pratt, Preston, Jr., death mourned

Firefighters, exempt certain firefighters from certification by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, Sec. 36-32-7 am'd

Taxation, state income tax credit relating to Class 1, 2, 3 municipalities for rehabilitation of historic structures

Alabama lottery, Alabama Lottery Corporation established, distribution of proceeds, duties and power terminated after a specified time, Section 65, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, am'd, const. amd.

Corrections Department, inmates, annual report to Legislature regarding demographic information and housing costs, Sec. 14-1-13 am'd

Relief, payment increase to wrongful incarcerated persons, Sec. 29-2-159 am'd

Game hunting, permits for broadcast, spincast, and container feeders authorized under certain conditions, permits, fees, penalties, Secs. 9-11-244 and 9-11-245 not to apply

Crime of Looting, established, penalties, violation would be Class C felony

Children, failure to report a missing child in the first degree and in the second degree, failure to report the death of a child, false reporting to law enforcement authorities, crimes of established, Caylee's Law, Sec. 13A-10-9 am'd. (2012-20240)

Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act, established, legislative findings regarding wage differentials between minorities and nonminorities and males and females, Equal Pay Commission established, members, duties, powers, report to Governor and Legislature

Public contracts, employment, certain percentage preference given to state residents for work performed under construction contract funded by state

Class 1 municipalities (Birmingham), mayor, term limits, Sec. 11-46-8 am'd.

Jefferson County, motor vehicle license plates, renewal, cities authorized to renew, bonding, audits

Sports, youth athletes with concussions or head injuries, participation in practice or athletic games prohibited for certain number of days, Sec. 22-11E-2 am'd.; Act 2011-541, 2011 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Health care, licensed physician or health care provider, allowed to refuse to perform unnecessary medical services or services that could harm patient, Right to Professional Medical Judgment Act

Child abuse, law enforcement agencies, individuals mandated to report child abuse to report directly to a duly constituted authority, Sec. 26-14-3 am'd

University of Alabama at Birmingham, separate board of trustees estab. for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Alabama at Huntsville, const. amend.

Education Trust Fund (ETF), transfer of certain funds to State General Fund and to provide for repayment to the ETF, Sec. 29-9-2, 29-9-3 am'd

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended

National women's history museum, expressing support for establishing in Washington D.C.

Sewell, Terri, commended

Alabama Spaceport Authority, expressing support

Knight, Andrew Wilson, death mourned

Sanders, Leslie, commended

Pregno, Nanette K., commended

American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study, commended, and recognizing Cancer Prevention Month

Recognizing first anniversary of tornados of April 27, 2011 and First responders, commended

Bagwell, Haley, commended

Whitaker, Amanda, commended

Brooks, Jamie, commended

Dobbs, Dori, commended

Richter, Kelsey, commended

Sharp, Sarah Kathryn, commended

Bryan, Anna Laura, commended

Gann, Tim, commended

Business Technology Center, Bishop State Community College named in honor of Dr. Yvonne Kennedy

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, commended

Strain, W. L., death mourned

McCray, Faye Coleman, death mourned

The University of Alabama Football Team, commended

Sewell, Terri, commended

Wyatt, Ricky, death mourned

Department of Public Health, commended

Minter, Joe, Sr., commended

Knight, Andrew Wilson, death mourned

Jackson, George M., Sr., death mourned

Davis, Elsie Burroughs, death mourned

Newton, Demetrius C., commended

Sanders, Leslie, commended

Pregno, Nanette K., commended

Humphries, Nellie Barnes, commended

Tyus, JaMya, commended

A road in Lake Guntersville State Park, named Frank McDaniel Drive

Pappas, William Gregory, Jr., commended

Pappas, William Gregory, Jr., commended

Jackson, Angela S. Lewis, death mourned

Graysville, corp. limits alt.

Circuit courts, civil matters, presiding circuit judge may authorize certain hearings to be held by audio-video telecommunications, requirements

Economic development, financial commitments to build or expand in Alabama, written contracts required within certain time period, existing commitments without written contract void after certain period of time

Supplemental appropriation from Education Trust Fund to Education Department for teachers certified by National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Income tax, Alabama resident individuals, gross income includes an owner's entire allocable share of income earned from both in-state and out-of-state sources, Sec. 40-18-14 am'd.

State income tax, federal deduction limited for individual taxpayers, state sales tax on food removed, Amendment 225 (Section 211.04, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), repealed, const. amend.

Motor vehicles, driving under the influence, penalties to include mandatory use of ignition interlock device under certain conditions, Forensic Sciences Department to approve devices, Public Safety Department to issue restricted driver's license, fee, provisions for indigent defendants, Sec. 32-5A-191.4 added; Sec. 32-5A-191 am'd.

Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act, established, legislative findings regarding wage differentials between minorities and nonminorities and males and females, Equal Pay Commission established, members, duties, powers, report to Governor and Legislature

Criminal sentences, voluntary truth-in-sentencing guidelines, submission to Legislature by 2011 Reg. Sess. and approval, deadline deleted, Secs. 12-25-32, 12-25-34 am'd.

Dental Examiners of Alabama, Board of, dentists and dental hygienists, regulation and licensure, substantially revised, Sec. 34-9-7.2 added; Secs. 34-9-2, 34-9-3, 34-9-5, 34-9-6, 34-9-6.1, 34-9-7, 34-9-8, 34-9-9, 34-9-10, 34-9-13, 34-9-15, 34-9-15.1, 34-9-16, 34-9-18, 34-9-20, 34-9-21, 34-9-22, 34-9-24, 34-9-26, 34-9-27, 34-9-28, 34-9-40, 34-9-41, 34-9-43, 34-9-44, 34-9-60, 34-9-63, 34-9-82, 34-9-89 am'd. (2011-20608)

Elder Abuse, Interagency Council for the Prevention of, established, members, duties, subject to Sunset Law, reports to Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Governor, and Legislature, Elder Abuse Prevention Act

Good Samaritan Law, civil immunity granted to certain persons, in good faith, without compensation, for participation in emergency response activities, Sec. 6-5-332 am'd.

Domestic violence in the first, second, and third degrees, additional crimes added to definitions of, subsequent convictions of domestic violence in the third degree, penalties increased, crimes of interference with a domestic violence emergency call and domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, provided for, no court costs to any victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault in connection with the prosecution or warrant recall Secs. 13A-6-130, 13A-6-131, 13A-6-132, 13A-6-133, 13A-6-134 am'd.

Vital statistics, stillborn child, parent listed on report of fetal death authorized to request Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth from State Registrar, procedures for issuance, State Board of Health to administer

Jefferson Co., county commission, limited authority to levy, assess, and collect additional sales and use tax, lease and rental tax, excise tax, alcoholic beverages tax, and privilege license tax, distrib., termination on November 5, 2014

Jefferson Co., tax on sale of personal property, distrib. to county general fund, exceptions, Act 405, 1967 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Birmingham, board of education, meeting hours provided

Jefferson Co., business license tax, county commission authorized to levy, exceptions and limits, distrib. to county general fund

Peterson, Edgar James, commended

Smith, Tommy G., commended

Phillips, Johnnie J., commended

Williams, Bernard, commended

Chizik, Gene, commended

Barnes, David, death mourned

Nixon, E.D., Jr., death mourned

Markwell, Don, death mourned

Constitutional convention, special election called to revise and amend Constitution of Alabama of 1901, election and conduct of delegates, special election to ratify proposed Constitution of Alabama

The Links, Inc., recognized

Onderdonk, Michael, commended

Grace, Jelani, commended

Ausborn, Jeffrey O., death mourned

Raulerson, Marsha D., commended

Carter, Mildred Hemmons, commended

Franklin County tornado victims, deaths mourned; survivors, volunteers, and donors commended

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week, designated

Cooper Green and Health Care Service Interim Task Force in Jefferson County, established (2011-21126)

Thomas, Annie Beatrice, commended

Danner, Bert Willis, death mourned

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, commended

Snorton, Teresa E., commended

Hall, Ethel H., commended

Greenhaw, Wayne, death mourned

Ireland, Dennis L. "Dan," commended

Barnes, Gay, commended

All-Alabama Academic Team 2011, commended

Williams, Bernard, commended

Smith, Tommy G., commended

Barnes, David, death mourned

Nixon, E.D., Jr., death mourned

Markwell, Don, death mourned

Phillips, Johnnie J., commended

The Links, Inc., recognized

Blakeney, Larry, commended

Grace, Jelani, commended

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended

Ramsey, Elois Primm, commended

Anniston City School Gifted Enrichment Program; Hooks, Richard L., commended

Washington, Anna; Yarbrough, Carol; Calhoun, Georgia, commended

Grissett, Lance D., commended posthumously

Raulerson, Marsha D., commended

Danner, Bert Willis, death mourned

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, commended

Snorton, Teresa E., commended

Hall, Ethel H., commended

Boston, Leon, commended

Shroud Award, 2011 recipient designated

Electioneering communications and paid political advertising, disclosure of source of funding required, exceptions, contributions by political committees further provided for, Secs. 17-5-2, 17-5-8, 17-5-12 am'd.

Elections, printed material, publication, distribution, or display of information relating to, disclosure of responsible person or entity, required, disclosure to include information by telephone, television, radio, Internet, or other electronic mass-media advertisement, Sec. 17-5-13 am'd.

Campaign contributions, PAC to PAC transfers, prohibited, Sec. 17-5-15 am'd.

Principal campaign committees and political action committees, contributions and expenditures, reporting to Secretary of State, periodic full disclosures of sources and amounts of contributions, frequency of reporting of contributions Sec. 17-5-8 am'd.

Campaign contributions and expenditures, Secretary of State required to maintain electronic database searchable by the public

Kennedy, Leroy, Jr., death mourned

Speaker Emeritus, Representative Seth Hammett, named

House of Representatives, Speaker Emeritus, Representative Demetrius Newton, named

Summerford, Howard Thomas, Jr., commended

Newton, Elijah, commended

Kennedy, Leroy, Jr., death mourned

Green, Stacy A., death mourned