The resolution adopted by the Alabama Senate on Thursday, April 25, 2024, establishes a specific order of business for the twenty-fifth legislative day, which will take precedence over the regular order of business or any pending or unfinished business. The prioritized agenda includes the introduction of bills, house messages, reports from standing committees, motions and resolutions, and page. The resolution lists various bills and their sponsors, covering a wide range of topics such as crimes and offenses, sales taxes, nursing board membership, higher education funding reports, research and development corridors, law enforcement authority, corporate annual report requirements, parole hearings, motor vehicle regulations, and education administration.
Among the bills mentioned are those addressing the prohibition of picketing or protesting under certain circumstances (SB57), the additional state sales tax rate in ABC retail stores (SB309), the unlawful acts by clergy (SB317), the procedure for adding conditions to the newborn screening panel (HB77), the revision of the Board of Nursing membership (HB234), the requirement for public institutions to report foreign funding (HB330), the extension of the parole court timeframe (SB255), and the establishment of research and development corridors (SB336). Other bills focus on law enforcement authority for the University of Alabama System officers (HB351), the removal of the annual report requirement for domestic and foreign corporations (HB230), the Alabama Move Over Act (HB315), virtual participation in parole hearings (SB312), the increase of the air-mile radius for commercial drivers (HB110), and various other legislative concerns.