Week in review: House handles business after passing General Fund budget
The House considered few contentious bills, but one would allow drug dealers to be charged with manslaughter in overdose cases.
2023 Legislative Session
Alabama Arise supports Senate bill to reduce grocery tax
SB275 is co-sponsored by all 35 members of the Senate and would phase the grocery tax down from 4 percent to 2 percent over the next three years.
Bill filed to ban drag shows in public spaces
The bill is part of a trend in GOP-controlled legislatures targeting drag performances.
Bill targeting shoplifting passes Senate Judiciary committee
The bill would create the crime of organized retail theft and add language targeting retail theft.
Abortion access advocates lobby legislators to support HB17, oppose HB208
HB17 would repeal a law that makes it a misdemeanor to induce abortions.
Alabama 2023 Legislative Report: Week Six
This marks the halfway point of the 2023 Legislative Session.
Senate bill to reduce grocery tax by two percent has bipartisan support
Alabama is one of 13 states in the country that still impose taxes on groceries.
House committee approves bill to allow release of body cam video
A bill by Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birimingham, would also allow the release of the recording to personal representatives of the video's subject.
Alabama Senate Bill 113, signed into law to strengthen patients’ rights
The bill strengthens a patient’s rights by allowing their family members to be present in a hospital room.
April 28, 2023
House committee approves bill to allow virtual attendance of parole hearings
The bill was met with no opposition and moved to the House floor for potential passage.