The resolution adopted by the Alabama Senate outlines a special order of business for the twenty-eighth legislative day, prioritizing specific bills over the regular agenda. The bills include HB288, which authorizes the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to provide loan assistance to athletic trainers, and HB8, which pertains to the regulation of retail sales of certain tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Other notable bills include HB529, addressing the taxation of vapor products, and HB445, which involves the licensure and regulation of consumable cannabinoid products derived from hemp.
Additionally, the resolution includes several other legislative proposals such as HB600, which seeks to exempt certain entities from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes, and HB157, which proposes uniform compensation increases for newly elected or appointed county officials. Other bills focus on revisions to collaborative practice procedures for the Medical Examiners Board and Nursing Board (HB194), qualifications for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (HB346), and further exceptions to the procurement code for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads (HB147).