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Alabama 2025 Legislative Report: Week Twelve

The Legislature will next convene for the 30th and final day on Wednesday, May 14.

Beth Lyons

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May 12, 2025

Several controversial bills “sine die” on the vine

The running clock also took out several other controversial bills that needed only one vote to reach the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey.

Jacob Holmes

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May 10, 2024

Alabama 2023 Legislative Report: Sine Die

There were a number of bills passed in the last five days of the Session.

Beth Lyons

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June 12, 2023

Alabama 2023 Legislative Report: Week 11

Many of the major pieces of legislation that dominated the last weeks of the session are pending action by the governor.

Beth Lyons

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June 5, 2023

Alabama Legislative Report — Special Session

The Legislature adjourned the 1st Special Session sine die on Tuesday, March 12 after passing the three bills by Representative Bill Poole that were Governor Ivey’s Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure plan. Governor Ivey signed all 3 bills in a ceremony after the Legislature adjourned. HB1 (Act No. 2019-1) amends the statute that created the Permanent Joint … Continued

Beth Lyons

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March 18, 2019

Week Twelve Legislative Report: Sine Die

The Alabama Legislature adjourned the annual Regular Session Sine Die on Thursday, March 29 on the 26th Day of the Session. Unless there is a Special Session called by the Governor, the Legislature will convene for its annual 2019 Regular Session on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. As the next quadrennium begins after the General Elections … Continued

Beth Lyons

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April 4, 2018

McCutcheon blames failure of racial profiling bill on Senate

On Thursday Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon blamed the Senate for the failure of a controversial piece of legislation that would have forced law enforcement officers to record the race and age of everyone they interact with while on the job. Senate Bill 84 would have collected data on every traffic stop and police … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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March 30, 2018

Legislature adjourns sine die, ending 2018 legislative session

The leadership's prediction that lawmakers would be home before Easter Sunday was accurate

Chip Brownlee

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March 30, 2018

Democrat Mayor Walt Maddox sees what lawmakers and governor can’t

Politicos across the state are recognizing that the state’s Republican leadership is endangering their legacy by passing legislation to weaken current ethics statutes. Gubernatorial candidate Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox early this morning called on Gov. Kay Ivey to veto the hotly contentious House Bill 317, which carves out a certain class of economic professionals who … Continued

Bill Britt

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March 29, 2018