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Week Nine Legislative Report

By Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature convened for day 17 of the annual Regular Session on Tuesday, March 6 with twenty-nine committee meetings held throughout the week to consider legislation. Both Houses then convened on Thursday, March 8 for Day 18. There have been 885 bills introduced to date. The Legislature … Continued
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March 13, 2018

Week Seven Legislative Report: Budgets pass houses of origin

Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature convened for day 13 of the annual Regular Session on Tuesday, February 20 with 35 committee meetings held throughout the week to consider legislation. Both Houses then convened on Thursday, February 22 for Day 14. The Session will reach the halfway point on Tuesday. … Continued
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February 26, 2018

Week Three Legislative Report: The Legislature gets moving

Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature convened for day 5 of the annual Regular Session on Tuesday, January 23 with committee meetings held throughout the week. Both Houses then convened on Thursday, January 25 for Day 6. There have been 554 bills introduced to date. Twenty-eight committees met to consider … Continued
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January 29, 2018

Week Two Legislative Report: A slow week but still some action

Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature convened for day 3 of the annual Regular Session on Tuesday, January 16. Committee meetings originally scheduled for Wednesday were cancelled due to weather conditions. Some of the meetings were rescheduled for Thursday while others were postponed until next week. Both Houses convened briefly … Continued
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January 22, 2018

2018 Pre-Session Report

By Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature will convene in just 84 days for the 2018 Annual Regular Session. Established by Alabama law, the Legislative Session begins on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. As the annual Regular Session is limited by law to 30 session days within 105 calendar days, the Session must … Continued
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October 25, 2017

Sine Die: Final Alabama Legislative Report — May 23

Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Legislature completed its 2017 Regular Session on Friday evening May 19, 2017. Unless the Governor calls a Special Session, the Legislature will next convene on Tuesday January 9, 2018 for the 2018 Regular Session. There were 1030 bills introduced during the Regular Session. 136 (13 percent) … Continued
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May 24, 2017

Week 9: Alabama Legislative Report — April 21

Contributed by Beth Marietta Lyons Lyons Law Firm The Alabama Legislature convened in Session for Day 18 of the annual Regular Session on Tuesday, April 18, held 24 committee meetings throughout the week, and convened in Session on Thursday for Day 19. There have been 944 bills introduced to date. The Legislature will return to … Continued
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April 24, 2017