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Alabama Senate Republicans continue to stonewall Dem legislation with partisan calendar

State Senator Rodger Smitherman criticized the Republican majority Thursday for repeatedly excluding Democratic bills from the daily legislative agenda.

March 20, 2026

Alabama Senate Democrats criticize Republicans over partisan legislative calendar

Democratic lawmakers criticized the Alabama Senate's lack of minority-sponsored bills Thursday, arguing the Republican majority violated a long-standing precedent of legislative fairness.

March 6, 2026

Democrats stall anti-riot bill

Democrats threatened to filibuster through midnight to delay a vote on the bill, and Republicans conceded to carry the bill over.

February 17, 2022

Today is the last day of Alabama’s 2021 Legislative Session

The House has an 18-bill special order calendar for the last day of the 2021 Legislative Session.

May 17, 2021

House to address civil asset forfeiture reform on last day of session

The House Rules Committee has made civil asset forfeiture reform a high priority for the last day of the session.

May 17, 2021

Gambling issue hovers over the last day of the legislative session

If the House tries to take up gambling on the last day of the session, it would likely kill dozens of other priority bills.

May 13, 2021

Comprehensive gambling, lottery bill appears to be dead for the session

House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said he will not bring gambling to the floor of the House if they do not have the votes.

May 7, 2021

Legislature will meet Tuesday for day 28 of the 2021 Legislative Session

The House will consider a diverse list of 21 bills when it meets on Tuesday for the 28th legislative day.

May 4, 2021

House passes controversial new rules

The Alabama House of Representatives voted for a series of rule changes in the inner workings of the house. Passing the rules for the next four years is one of the duties of the legislature during the organizational session; but since Republicans have an overwhelming 77 to 28 supermajority the Republicans essentially got to write … Continued

January 10, 2019

SB280 fails in the House when session ends

Thursday, both Houses of the Alabama Legislature concluded their work and ended the 2018 legislative session. A number of bills were killed from lack of action by the second house. Among these was Senate Bill 280, which was a controversial piece of legislation that would have ended elections for county school superintendents. Senate Bill 280 … Continued

March 30, 2018