This resolution, dated Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by the Senate of the Legislature of Alabama, establishes a special order of business for the twenty-ninth legislative day. It prioritizes a list of bills over the regular order of business or any pending or unfinished business. The bills cover a wide range of topics, including public K-12 education, commercial real estate, real property tax assessment, penalties for crimes against election officials, the scope of practice for various professions, medical cannabis regulation, retirement system funding, motor vehicle and traffic laws, county boards of equalization, economic incentives, appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund, veterans affairs, crimes and offenses, education benefits, teacher certification, seafood product labeling, motor vehicle regulations, critical infrastructure protection, aviation, school health plans, genetic data privacy, post-election audits, physical therapy, sales tax, kindergarten and first-grade admission, military children's rights, constitutional amendments, interstate compacts, election influence, tax exemptions, law enforcement reimbursement, and postsecondary education for unlawfully present aliens.
The resolution lists numerous House Bills (HB) with their respective sponsors and brief descriptions of their content. These bills address various issues such as the qualifications and training of technology directors in public education (HB439), the creation of the Alabama Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act (HB350), real property tax assessment (HB73), penalties for crimes against election officials (HB100), the scope of practice of architecture (HB235), regulation of cannabis cultivation (HB390), funding for retirees (HB201), first responders' safety (HB241), nomination procedures for boards of equalization (HB379), economic incentives for communities (HB441), supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund (HB479), updates to the State Board of Veterans Affairs (HB103), creation of crimes related to abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of adults with disabilities (HB60), exemptions for polygraph examiners (HB421), insurance fraud investigations (HB140), revisions to penalties for falsely reporting crimes (HB82), educational benefits for veterans and dependents (HB284), motor vehicle registration symbols (HB285), alternative teacher certification (HB308), assessments for nonpublic school transfer students (HB331), boater safety certification (HB375), seafood labeling (HB66), exhibition driving and traffic enforcement systems (HB474), unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure (HB453), aviation regulations (HB176), cardiac emergency response plans in schools (HB290), consent for genetic data release (HB21), post-election audits (HB259), physical therapy practice scope (HB232), sales tax revisions (HB131), kindergarten and first-grade admission requirements (HB113), prohibition of certain actions toward military children (HB251), school land grants (HB302), interstate compact for dieticians (HB317), penalties for deceptive media in elections (HB172), sales tax exemption for hearing instruments (HB51), law enforcement extradition reimbursement (HB256), and regulations on postsecondary education for unlawfully present aliens (HB210).