The resolution from the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature, dated Tuesday, May 7, 2024, establishes a special order of business for the twenty-eighth legislative day. This special order takes precedence over the regular order of business and any other pending or unfinished business. The resolution outlines a list of specific bills and their corresponding sponsors that are to be addressed as a priority.
The bills listed cover a variety of topics, including the establishment of community development districts with the authorization to sell alcoholic beverages, the exclusion of net gains from the exchange of precious metal bullion from gross income, the creation of the Alabama Rural, Agribusiness, and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act, and the extension of the Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals. Other bills address the renaming of the Corrections Department's Investigation and Intelligence Division, the disposal methods for dead animals, the elimination of the child labor eligibility form, the extension of the time frame for parole court, and the authorization for the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board to own its warehouses. Additionally, there are bills related to public K-12 school security, the exclusion of students from classrooms by public education employees, the exemption of honeybees and their byproducts from sales tax, the review of periodicals by the State Textbook Review Committee, the assessment of job requirements by the Personnel Department, and the revision of the appointment process for the director of the Alabama Film Office.