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Governor sets special election dates to fill Johnson’s House seat

There will be a special primary election on Oct. 6, a special primary runoff if necessary on Nov. 3 and a special general election on Jan. 19, 2002021 for the vacant Alabama House District 33 seat. It had been occupied by Rep. Ron Johnson, who died on July 14. “Rep. Ron Johnson served the constituents … Continued

July 22, 2020

Alabama House cancels March 25 committee meetings due to coronavirus

The Alabama House of Representatives announced on Monday that committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday, March 25 will be cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The legislative day on March 26 has not technically been cancelled but the House is not expected to have a quorum for that day. A “quorum” is the minimum number … Continued

March 17, 2020

Alabama House passes bail reform bill named for Aniah Blanchard

The Alabama House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly yesterday to pass legislation to give judges more discretion in denying bail to people accused of committing violent crimes. The legislation, House Bill 81, is named for Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old Alabama college student who was kidnapped and murdered last year. The man charged with her murder, Ibraheed … Continued

February 28, 2020

Alabama approaches 97th anniversary of the first woman elected into the State Legislature

On Aug. 8, 1922, well-known suffragist Hattie Hooker Wilkins beat the incumbent candidate for a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives, making her the first woman elected into the Alabama Legislature. She ran alongside two other women for state Legislature seats that year, but she was the only one to win her election. In … Continued

July 24, 2019

Legislature passes law requiring back seat passengers wear seat belts

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday requiring that passengers in the back seat of motor vehicles must be wearing seat belts. The previous seat belt law only applied to front seat passengers and the driver. The bill has passed both Houses and now goes to the Governor. Senate Bill 254 is sponsored … Continued

May 31, 2019

House passes $7.1 billion education budget

The Alabama House of Representatives passed the education trust fund budget Tuesday. Senate Bill 199 is sponsored by State Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur. The bill was carried on the House floor by State Rep. Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, who chairs the House Ways and Means Education Committee. Poole’s committee substituted the budget that came down from … Continued

May 29, 2019

Bill criminalizing female genital mutilation moves toward House floor

A bill that would criminalize female genital mutilation is likely to soon reach the floor of Alabama House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Rod Scott, D-Fairfield, defines FGM as practices that “remove, cut, circumcise, excise, mutilate, infibulate or reinfibulate” any part of the genitals for non-medical purposes on females under the age of … Continued

May 22, 2019

The most reprehensible moment in the Alabama abortion debate

A few years ago, I covered the case of a 12-year-old girl who had been raped repeatedly by an uncle and was pregnant. Earlier this week, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to force that little girl to carry her rapist’s baby to term, deliver it, and then fight with her rapist over custody. They … Continued

May 3, 2019

House passes bill to allow the hunting of deer and hogs over bait

Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow hunters to purchase a special license from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources so that they can shoot feral hogs and whitetail deer over bait. State Representative Danny Crawford, R-Athens, sponsored House Bill 97. Alabama has a major problem with a … Continued

April 12, 2019