2023 Legislative Session

Legislature

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.

May 1, 2023

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.

May 1, 2023

The bill is part of a trend in GOP-controlled legislatures targeting drag performances.

May 1, 2023

The bill would create the crime of organized retail theft and add language targeting retail theft.

May 1, 2023

HB17 would repeal a law that makes it a misdemeanor to induce abortions.

May 1, 2023

This marks the halfway point of the 2023 Legislative Session.

May 1, 2023

Alabama is one of 13 states in the country that still impose taxes on groceries.

April 28, 2023

A bill by Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birimingham, would also allow the release of the recording to personal representatives of the video's subject.

April 28, 2023

The bill strengthens a patient’s rights by allowing their family members to be present in a hospital room.

April 28, 2023

The bill was met with no opposition and moved to the House floor for potential passage.

April 27, 2023