You what
you press it. The light comes on.
President,
ladies and gentlemen, the Alabama Senate will now come to order.
Our prayer today will be delivered by Reverend Chris mccain of Grace,
United Methodist Church in Prattville, Alabama.
Reverend mccain is the guest of Senator Chambliss.
Let us pray
almighty God as we gather today to convene this session of the Alabama State Senate.
We humbly seek your guidance and wisdom.
We have such a great clarity of mind,
compassionate hearts
and courage in the decisions made today,
bless each senator present with the discernment to uphold justice,
promote peace and serve the people of Alabama with integrity
and honor.
May the deliberations be guided by truth,
the actions be guided by righteousness
and the outcomes be for the greater good of all citizens
bless this session with your presents together for
the betterment of our state and its people.
And may your divine presence got us in all that we do. It's in your holy name. We pray,
amen.
Thank you, Reverend mccain.
Today, the pledge will be led by Audrey Ward.
Audrey attends stra high school and is paging for Senator Carnley
attention. Salute pledge.
Thank you. Audrey secretary call the roll
Mr Albritton,
Mr Allen,
Mr Barfoot,
Mr Beasley,
Mr
Mister Chastain,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliott,
Miss Figures,
Mr
Gane
Mr Gudger
Mr Hatcher,
Mr Hovey,
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly
Mr Kitchens,
Mister Livingston,
Mr Nelson
Mr Orr
Mr Price,
Mr Reid,
Mr Roberts,
Mr Sessions,
Mr
Shelnut,
Mr Singleton,
Mr Smer
Aman,
Mr Stewart
Mr Stutts,
Mr Wagner,
Miss Weaver
Mr Williams,
ladies and gentlemen, we have 30 senators present which is a quorum.
The senate is ready to transact business.
Mr President Senator
Wagner, who
we excuse absent senators
are any objection
here?
Non so
ordered Mr President Senator
Wagner,
who that we dispense with the reading of the journal from
the previous legislative day and that we adopt said journal.
All right, any object
here.
None so
ordered.
All
right,
Senator Reed.
Thank you, Mr President
Mr President. I'd like to make a motion
uh, that we
set sunset aside for a special order calendar.
All right, secretary call the long roll,
Mr Britain,
Mr Allen,
Mr Barfoot,
Mr Beazley
mister Bell,
Mr Butler,
Mr Carnley,
Mr Chambliss,
Mr Chaste,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliot,
Miss Figures,
Mr
Givan,
Mister Gudger
Mr Hatcher.
Yeah,
Mr Hovey
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly,
Mr Kitchens,
Mr Livingston
mister Nelson
Mr Orr
in the
Mr Price,
Mr Reed,
I
Mr Roberts,
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shelnut,
Mr Singleton
five
mister Sm
Mr Stewart
Mr Stutt,
Mr Wagner.
Hi
Miss Waver
Mr Williams.
Yes.
31 I zero A's the motion passes.
All right. Uh,
we go.
All right, Senator Wagner Mr President, I have a report from the Committee on Rules.
All right. Secretary Reed received the report from the Committee on Rules
from the Committee on Rules Senate resolution number 44. Special order calendar.
Be it resolved by the Senate of the legislature of
Alabama that immediately upon the adoption of this resolution,
the following business and the order set forth below
shall be the special and paramount order of business for
the 20th legislative day taking precedence over the regular
order of business or any pending or unfinished business.
Introduction of bills, house messages, reports from standing committees,
motions and resolutions
on page 53 Senate bill 252 by Senator Reid and others.
Regarding the Alabama Growth alliance
on page 52 Senate bill 247 by Senator Livingston
and others relating to the Alabama Workforce Transformation Act
on page 51 Senate bill 253 by Senator Chaste and others.
Regarding the Alabama Workforce Pathways Act
on page 56 Senate bill 243 by Senator Roberts and others.
Regarding economic development
on page 55 Senate bill 200
42 by Senator Singleton and others relating to innovation districts on page
21 Senate bill 149 by Senator or relating to prisoners on page
26 House bill 164 by Representative Robbins relating to consumer protection on
page 27 Senate Bill 220 by Senator Roberts relating to public contracts
on page 23 House bill 138 by Representative Reynolds. Regarding a sub
appropriation
on page 47 Senate bill number 240 by Senator Barfoot.
Regarding the Department of Mental Health on
page 58 Senate bill 256 by Senator Smith
and Singleton relating to the newborn screening panel on page 27
House Bill 253 by Representative Brown relating to the state Court authority
on page 17 Senate bill 186 by Senator Orr
regarding rank choice voting
on page 36 Senate bill 128 by Senator
Nelson relating to the Public Health Department,
State Board of Health on page 35 House bill number 69 by
Representative mccampbell regarding controlled substances on
page 54 Senate bill 225 by
Senators Gudger and Weaver relating to state symbols on page 35 House
bill number 70 by Representative mccampbell
relating to the board of dental examiners
on page 28 Senate bill 234 by
Crick Van relating to public contracts on page 52 Senate bill 275 by Senator Nelson
relating to agriculture authorities on page
45 House Bill 275 by Representative Almond
relating to indigent defense on page 63 Senate bill 251 by Senator Jones
relating to public investments on page 62 Senate bill number 208 by Senator Kelly
relating to the Interstate Compact Social Work examiners
on page 22 House Bill 101 by Representative Clark.
Regarding elections on page 29 Senate bill
233 by Senator Coleman Madison regarding mortgages
on page 36 Senate bill number 37 by Senator Allen relating to the Alabama
Clean Indoor Air Act on page 33 House bill 87 by Representative Brown.
Regarding airport authorities on page 17 Senate bill
number 88 by Senator Weaver regarding the Alabama
Fire College on page 12 Senate bill 141
by Senator Bell relating to the Saint Clair County
on page 31 House Bill 15 by Representative Lipscomb.
Regarding the Department of Conservation on page 60
Senate bill 244 by Senator Weaver relating to the
Board of Medical Examiners on page 12 Senate bill
142 by Senator Bell relating to ST Clair County
on page 48 House bill 75 by Representative Ensler relating to
crimes and offenses on page 13 Senate bill 163 by Senator
Williams and Sessions relating to Mobile County on page eight House
bill 139 by Representative Ellis relating to the Department of Insurance.
On page 59 Senate bill 237 by senators Coleman and Coleman
Madison relating to child support on page 37 House bill 126
by Representative Hosey and others
regarding fire protection personnel and emergency
medical services on page 27 House bill 196 by Representative Ingram
regarding sale of tax,
sale of tax delinquent land
on page six Senate bill 124 by Senator Kelly
relating to the Alabama Security Regulatory Board on page four Senate bill
127 by Senator Stewart and Coleman
Madison relating to the Alabama Athletic Commission
on page five Senate bill 133 by
Senator Barfoot relating to the Alabama Securities Commission
on page five Senate bill 134 by Senator
Barfoot relating to the Department of Insurance on page
five Senate bill 148 by Senator Colby Madison
relating to the State Board of Respiratory Therapy.
Mr President
Senator
Wagner,
the Senate adopt the report from the Committee on Rose using a short roll call.
Any objection
object?
Hold on. Are you wanting to talk? Are you objecting to?
Oh, you wanna talk? Ok. You recognized to speak on the calendar?
Thank you so much. Uh, for the recognition.
I think I, I counted
on this
calendar today. About 41 bill,
whole lot of bills.
I see one on here. I think I counted. Did I count?
Let me see how many Democratic bills I see out of 41 bills.
I
mean, I see
that have a, I'm saying Democratic bill doesn't necessarily mean that it's a
bill that's partisan but a, the sponsor is Democrat.
Let me see how many of those I see.
Put it
one,
two,
34. These, let me see. 34. Ok. And they're not sunset.
Yeah,
John.
Oh,
yeah.
Ok.
Five,
I would say five because I see two on here that have Democratic sponsors,
but they are Sunset Bills. So that's not really a bill that
they've introduced.
That is something that they're necessarily passionate about
or they're trying to do for a constituency.
And I guess my my concern
is not necessarily the calendar itself because the,
the rules chair can only do the bills that are out of committee.
Part of the challenge
that I know I've personally had is even getting a bill to have a hearing in committee.
So we sponsor legislation,
we have a constituency also,
we have people that count on us also.
They're just saying when in the world
is Senate bills such and such gonna come up and I can't give them an answer
because the bill hasn't even had an opportunity to get a hearing.
And so that's the thing that's kind of unnerving when we come down.
Now with the, the 20th day of the legislative session,
I mean, I got, I got bills that have, you know, the
Senate bill 19 is one that people continuously call me about
trying to get it on the calendar
so we can have some type of recourse
for survivors of child sex assault.
I've been getting calls about body cam legislation,
tas of legislation. I've been requesting
that those bills come up in the council so the chairman can't,
he only put the bills on there
if they passed
out of committee.
And I just don't understand what the,
what the problem is of getting bills to just have a fair hearing
up or down vote.
Because again, we have constituency also.
We have folks that care about these types of
issues that wanna make sure that they're protected,
wanna have some level of recourse that
shouldn't even be partisan pieces of legislation.
But we can't get a committee hearing
again. Chairman cannot do anything. Can't get put the bills on the calendar
unless they pass out of committee
downstairs. Um, there, uh Representative Morris, um, when she first
came to the legislature,
um she said, I guess I got so tired of you talking about
how things used to happen,
what you used to do
and there was a time, um, believe it or not,
that actually was a committee chairperson.
I chaired boards and commissions
and never ever did. I keep anybody's legislation from coming up,
especially if you served on the committee.
We're gonna get you a fair hearing.
Now, I can't guarantee you that the bill will come out.
That would be up to the members. You'd have to do that. Work,
but at least
every person would have the opportunity to get a fair hearing on their bill.
And right now you have us in the minority.
We're serving at a deficit. Like we can't even,
we can't even go tell our constituency
that we've had this hearing and it failed.
We can't even get a hearing.
So again, the chairman
can't do anything, can't put any of these bills on
the calendar
unless we get a fair hearing in committee. So I'm just appealing
to the majority party that,
you know, I mean, just take an up or down vote on the bills at some point,
we have to have some level of political courage
that on whatever issue it is, you just got to take the vote
and it makes us, you know, what am I gonna tell these survivors of child sex assault
year after year after year
when we can't get
a hearing,
what am I gonna tell these families who have lost their
loved ones to either being hog tied tased over and over again
when we can't even get a hearing?
Some of them just wanna have an opportunity for somebody to hear their case,
hear what happened to their loved one, but we can't get hearings.
And so I again, I'm, I'm just hoping that, you know, at the end of the day
that we have an opportunity to have some committee hears. Now, I did request a bill
to go on the calendar.
I've read, I have requested several times this Senate bill 167,
which is the Jobs Act. And I, this shouldn't be a partisan bill either.
It just simply says if you've received state dollars,
if we've given you some type of incentive
and yet it's found out
that you have partaken in or turned a blind eye to human trafficking
or child labor
that you, that money is clawed back.
You have to give that back to the state of Alabama. That's a nonpartisan issue
who does not want to support that effort for somebody that's gotten a tax incentive
or some type of tax dollars have gone to
for infrastructure or whatever the case may be.
Whatever the, the, the incentive was
that if human trafficking, they, they, they, they
had a blind eye to it or they were using child labor in violation
of federal and state child labor laws that I don't know who would be a
against
making those folks pay money back to
um the, the coffers of the state of Alabama. But I, that one hadn't come up.
I didn't even, but I didn't even request the one that's on here.
I do. The one that's on here.
I didn't even request that it come up, but it's on here
and it's on child support.
So, if we get to this bill today, I'll get a chance to talk about that.
Um, on the, on the child support. I'm just saying again,
you know, we all have a constituency to serve every last one of us in this body.
And it shouldn't be that
eight
out of the 35 don't have the opportunity to get their bills heard.
And so with that miss minority leader,
I don't know if you have anything else to mention
about the calendar, but I just could not
take one more session day
without saying something when it comes to just getting
a fair hearing
in committee,
neither fail
or they get a favorable report or they get put into a sub-committee, something,
some type of action to happen
on the legislation. We work as hard on our legislation as folks across the aisle do
some of these pieces that I have. I've had for many years,
constituency groups counting on me,
but we can't even get a fair hearing. What am I gonna tell my people back home
when their legislator cannot even get a fair hearing
on
the pieces of legislation that they care about
their taxpayers.
Their money is also included in the General Fund
and the Education Trust fund.
They are equal citizens in the state of Alabama.
So the issues that they care about, we should have an opportunity
to at least have a hearing voted up or down. Most cases.
We already know what's gonna happen,
but at least allow the vote to happen and then sometimes you never know,
you get a fair hearing,
get a public hearing
people may change hearts and minds,
but they never get a chance to do that if the bills never come up in committee.
And so
again, to my chairman from, from Jefferson County, my rules chair,
he can't do anything.
I can't request a bill for him to even put on
the calendar if it never even made it out of the committee structure.
And then the, the thing I, I want y'all to think about when I first was elected in 2002,
I could have, I would have never imagined when I was first elected in 2002.
I think in this body upstairs,
there were 21 Democrats
might have been 25
Democrats in this body in 02.
Downstairs
in the house, there were 66 Democrats out of 105.
I would have never imagined a complete shift, complete change over.
I would have never imagine would have never thought that that would happen.
I want you all to start thinking about that too
because politics comes in a cycle.
It's a cycle.
So when you're in the minority
or your Children
or your grandchildren may be in the minority.
When it flips,
this might be the way that they are treated
the bills that they care about,
the constituency that they support.
They never get a fair hearing
and we just shouldn't do that.
Just allow the bills to come up,
take the up or down vote
and then either I, you know, we, we,
we come out of it and we're excited or either we start again the next year,
but to never get a committee here. And
that's the portion right there.
We just, we never even got off the, what do they call those blocks?
You know, when you're in the race, you never get a chance to get off the block
at all to run the race.
Actually, they, I, I guess nobody even shot the gun yet
because the race hadn't started.
Right.
So with that, um Mr Chair, no further comments from me at this time.
I see the uh the gentle lady is looking to be recognized.
Thank you, Senator Coleman
-- Coleman -- Madison. Thank you, Mr Chairman.
I want to continue this conversation because
um
Senator Coleman is absolutely correct
and I'm just asking my colleagues on the
other side and particularly those who are chairs
to just be fair. Now when it comes down to committee meetings,
if I'm not in your meeting, I,
I think I would put my attendance record up against any of you when it
comes down to having attendance at committee meetings. A
lot of my bills are not on there.
I'm working to help get your bills out because I understand that
as Senator Coleman says, we all have a constituency
that we are responsible and accountable to.
I typically like to file bills early,
especially when it comes down to those that are locally related or things that
my people in my district have asked me to sponsor
Senate Bill three
and Senate Bill nine. Are those bills?
You don't get those numbers by waiting until the session starts
from day one. I requested that these bills be put in committee
and be heard
today. I am still waiting.
I don't not come to committees because my bill
is not on there because all bills are important.
I consider your bills are important.
And if I have a discussion on your bill,
I'm only trying to make it better if I have
a real issue with your bill where I disagree,
I'm gonna come to you and tell you that
if I can't support it, I'll tell you that and I'm gonna tell you why I can't support it.
Not what somebody else has told me,
but these bills involve local governments simply trying to clean up
their cities
do away with, um, blighted areas.
Now, we did get that particular bill out of committee.
I'm hoping that it is on the calendar. That was Senate Bill nine.
The city of Birmingham is an urbanized area. Well, we have a lot of blight
tornadoes, had a lot of issues to do with that.
I've had citizens to call me that live adjacent to houses that have been burned down
or
partially destroyed
and, uh, their houses are being vandalized.
One of my neighbor's house has been vandalized.
They've broken into seven times.
He's afraid to stay at home right now
because there's a blighting effect next to him that we need to get rid of
the city of Birmingham needs to come to the state of Alabama to ask permission
to clean up their own city to make it safe.
I'll tell you another reason why if I would ask my colleagues on the Democrat side,
Mr Chairman,
if we could get a little order on my side of the aisle. Look,
they're loud, a little loud over there.
Ok.
Thank you.
Senator. Ask if y'all could keep it down,
cuts across both ways guys.
Uh
in Birmingham,
those kind of houses that are still there
that are creating a blight in our neighborhood.
Not only do they bring down property values,
they are a haven for drug dealers
for people who steal things and take it into those houses and
wait to come back at night to go back and get it.
And I can tell you we had uh in one section of the area where I live in,
we had three houses that are broken into right in a row.
They stored it in an abandoned,
burned out house and would come back at night and somebody decided
to go in there and they found a lot of those goods,
but it, it was the third house that had been broken into.
It is a serious issue that we are trying to deal with,
but we have to come to Montgomery without hat.
And a
and Senate Bill nine will enable us to do that.
Montgomery had not Montgomery, but Mobile has already done it.
This law was uh uh this act, a bill was fashioned after Mobile.
And so we are simply asking for that same right.
And Senate Bill three simply makes other amendments to the Land Bank
that I think is going to really revolutionize all
urbanized cities and those who take advantage of it.
That's why it is a statewide bill.
But on today,
and I'm thankful for the chairman who put
the housing trust fund bill that's on there.
That
uh
that bill was passed
time expired on.
Yeah.
All right. The motion was
using the previous role. Any objection?
All right, hear none. So
ordered
Britain
Mr Williams,
what
we're in the middle of the bill.
Ok.
31 eyes zero and a special order calendars adopted.
All right now move on to the first order of business, which is introduction of bills.
Any um
senators have any bills that need to be introduced.
Most
Senate bill number 306 by Senator Nelson
relating to medical cannabis is referred to the committee on agriculture,
conservation and forestry
Senate bill number 307 by Senator Coleman and others.
Relating to contraception is referred to the judiciary committee,
American
Senate Bill number 308
by Senator Allen.
Regarding a supplemental appropriation is referred to the
committee on finance and taxation General Fund.
Ok.
Make your
hear me.
Senate bill number 309 by Senator Livingston,
relating to sales taxes is referred to the
committee on fiscal responsibility and economic development.
That's
good
Senate bill number 310 by Senator Kelly.
Relating to the city of Jacksonville in Calhoun County
is referred to the committee on local legislation,
right?
Ok.
Senate bill number 311 by Senator Kitchens and others relating to
public education is referred to the committee on education policy.
Yeah,
this
all right.
Was
that?
Yeah,
it's gotta be
Senate Bill 312 by Senator Barfoot.
Relating to pardons and paroles is referred to the judiciary committee.
Yeah,
I
that
Senate bill number 313 by Senator Singleton
relating to health insurance is referred to
the Committee on banking and insurance.
Senate bill number 314 by Senator Barfoot.
Relating to medical records is referred to the committee on health care.
Senate Bill number 315 by Senator Singleton relating to the Alabama, rural agri
agribusiness and opportunity Zone Jobs Act is referred
to the Committee on Finance and taxation General Fund
Senate bill number 316 by Senator Hatcher.
Regarding the Sheriff of Montgomery County is
referred to the committee on local legislation.
All right.
Any other introduction of bills last call anybody else?
All right. Now move on to, um,
our ho house messages. Secretary call the first house message
message from the House.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives has originated and passed the following and
grossed house bill in order the same sent forthwith to the Senate
House Bill number eight by Representative Brown,
relating to cancellation non renewal or restriction
of coverage under a property insurance policy
is referred to the Committee on banking and insurance signed John Treadwell clerk,
message from the House Mr President.
The House of Representatives originated and passed the following engrossed
house bill and ordered same sent forthwith to the Senate
House Bill number 182 by by Representative
Lipscomb relating to crimes and offenses is
referred to the committee on county and
municipal government signed John Treadwell clerk.
Message from the House. Mr President.
The House of Representatives has originated and passed the following
engrossed house bill and ordered same sent forthwith to the Senate
House bill number 188 by Representative Collins relating to public education is
referred to the Committee on education policy signed John Treadwell clerk,
message from the house.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated past the following and grossed
house bill and ordered same sent forthwith to the Senate
House bill number 209 by Representative Oliver and
stubbs relating to boats and boating on fresh waters
of this state is referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Energy signed John Treadwell clerk.
Message from the house.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated and passed the following
engrossed House bill and ordered same forthwith to the Senate
House Bill number 215 by Representative Fiddler
relating to natural resources is referred to the Committee on agriculture,
conservation and Forestry signed John Treadwell.
Clerk,
message from the House.
Mr President.
The House of Representatives originated and passed the following engrossed
house bill in order the same sent forthwith to the Senate
House Bill number 220 by Representative Ellis
and others relating to transient occupancy tax
is referred to the Committee on Finance and taxation General Fund.
Message from the House.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated and
passed the following engrossed house bill
in order to same sent forthwith to the Senate House bill number
307 by Representative Oliver and others
regarding emergency telephone services is referred
to the Committee on fiscal responsibility
and economic development signed John Treadwell clerk
307.
You too
house bill 307.
Message from the House. Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated and passed the following house
bill and ordered same sent forthwith to the Senate without engrossment
house bill number 212 by Representative Kyle.
Regarding retirement benefits is referred to the Committee on
finance and taxation General Fund signed John Treadwell clerk,
message from the House. Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated and passed the following house bill
and ordered the same sent forthwith to the Senate without engrossment
house bill number 229 by Representative Bolton relating to state symbols
is, is
is referred to the Committee on state
governmental affairs signed John Treadwell clerk.
Yeah,
message from the House.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated and passed the following house bill
in order the same sent forthwith to the Senate without engrossment.
House bill number 83 by Representative SDS
regarding compensation to local boards of education is referred to
the Committee on Education policy signed John Treadwell clerk,
message from the House.
Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated passed the following engrossed house
bill and ordered the same sent forthwith to the Senate
House bill number 211 by Representative Kyle
relating to traffic infractions is referred to
the Committee on veterans and military affairs
and public safety signed John Treadwell clerk.
Message from the House Mr President,
the House of Representatives originated passed the following house
bill and ordered same sent forthwith to the Senate
without engrossment House bill number 34 by Representative Hill.
Regarding judicial compensation is referred to the
judiciary committee signed John Treadwell clerk.
Message from the House. Mr President.
The House of Representatives has originated and passed the following house
bill and ordered the same sent forthwith to the Senate without engrossment
house bill number 167 by Representative Sales and others.
Regarding consumer protection
is referred to the committee on fiscal responsibility
and economic development signed John Treadwell clerk.
This concludes house messages. Um next move on to committee report.
Secretary called the first committee
from the committee on confirmations
senate confirmation number 96.
Appointing David K Pritchett to the
Adjutant General of the Alabama Military Department
receives a favorable report by a vote of 11 eyes and zero nays
or
you know,
program.
Mhm.
You before nine,
Mr President, I move that the Senate confirms, um, David K Pritchett as Adjutant
General to
the National Guard using a previous role.
All right, any objection
here.
No. So
ordered
Mr Albritton, Mr Williams,
a 31 eyes zero and a um
David Pritchett confirmed secretary call next confirmation.
Ok.
From the committee on confirmations.
Senate confirmation number 87 appointing Michael Evans
to the Alabama Army National Guard.
Promotion to the rank of Major general receives a
favorable report by vote of 11 eyes and zero.
Nays,
Senator Weaver.
Um Mr President,
I move that the Senate confirms Michael D Evans from Brigadier General to
Major General for the Alabama National Guard
using previous role with no objection.
All right, any objection
here.
None. So ordered
straw Briton,
Mr Williams
uh
32 0 and a um Michael Evans has confirmed secretary call next confirmation
from the committee on confirmations.
Senate confirmation number 88 appointing Kendrick trailer to
the Alabama Army National Guard promotion to the
rank of major general receives a favorable report by one of 11 eyes and zero.
Nays.
Thank you.
I move that the Senate confirms Kendrick trailer from Brigadier general to Major
General for the Alabama National Guard using previous role with no objection.
All right, any objection
here.
Now, so
ordered
job written,
Mr Williams
32 I zero and A S um, Kendrick trailers confirmed secretary call next confirmation
from the committee on confirmation Senate confirmation number
89 appointing Michael Izzo to the Alabama Army National
Guard rank of major general receives a favorable report by a vote of 11 A's and zero.
Nays
Senator Weaver,
um I move that the Senate confirms Michael Izzo from Brigadier general to
Major General of the Alabama National Guard using previous role with no objection.
All right, an objection
here.
No so
ordered
and
Mr Williams
32 hours
zero. And um,
Michael Izzo is confirmed Secretary
Colic's confirmation
from the committee on confirmation.
Senate confirmation number 90 appointing Jeffrey Smith
to the Alabama Army National Guard rank of Major General receives
a favorable report by vote of 11 eyes and zero.
Nos
Senator Weaver,
a
move that the Senate confirms Jeffrey M Smith from
Brigadier general to major general of the Alabama National
Guard using previous role with no objection,
an objection
here. Now I'm so ordered
straw Britain Mr Williams
32
hours. Zero.
A Jeffrey Smith confirmed secretary call
confirmation
from the committee on confirmation.
Senate confirmation number 91 appointing David Crenshaw, the Army
Army National Guard rank of Brigadier General
receives a favorable report.
Senator Weaver.
Mr
President, I move
that the Senate confirms David Crenshaw, um,
from Brigadier General to Major General using previous role with no objection.
All right. Any objection
hearing.
No, so
order.
I'm sorry,
I
mean.
Mhm.
Yeah.
Alright. So
yeah, it's
ok. It's fine if you're just, if you just previous role
I move for previous role, no objection.
All right, let me get the screen back. Right.
David Crenshaw.
Yeah, we're doing previous role
screens
down.
32 eyes zero.
All right. 32 I zero. Nays.
Um, confirmations approved
right. All right.
Secretary Colt's
confirmation.
Yeah.
From the committee on confirmations.
Senate confirmation number 92 appointing John Fleet
to the Alabama Army National Guard rank of brigadier general receives
a favorable report by a vote of 11 eyes and zero.
Nays.
All right, Senator Weaver, Mr President, I move that John Fleet be confirmed, um,
from Colonel to Brigadier General using previous role with no objection.
All right. Any objection
hearing none. So ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams.
All right. 32 I zero. Nays.
Uh, the confirmation is approved secretary called next confirmation
from the committee on confirmations.
Senate confirmation number 93 appointing Dewana Butler
to the Army National Guard rank of
brigadier general receives a favorable report by vote of 11 eyes and zero.
Nays,
Senator Weaver.
So I'd like to make a clarification.
Um, we have five that are colonels that are going to brigadier general and it's,
it's different up on the board,
but they are colonels moving to Brigadier general
and, and this is one of those.
So with that, I would like to move that the Senate confirms, um, Colonel
Dewana Butler to the rank of Brier
General Alabama National Guard. Previous role, no objection,
any objection
hearing, none. So ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 Eyes Zero and a uh,
Dewana Butler's confirmed secretary called next confirmation
from the committee on confirmation.
Senate confirmation number 94 appointing Matthew Vas
to the Army National Guard rank of brigadier
general receives a favorable report by vote.
Le
Eyes and zero.
Nas
-- Mr -- President, I move that the Senate confirms Colonel Matthew Vas
um to the rank of brigadier general
um for the Alabama National Guard used in previous role and objection.
Any objection
so
ordered
Mr Robert,
Mr Williams
34
34 0. A S uh, Matthew Vas
has confirmed Secretary Kick's
confirmation
from the committee on confirmation. Senate confirmation number 95.
Appointing Andrew Conant
to the army National Guard rank of brigadier general received a
favorable report by a vote of 11 eyes and zero.
Nays
Senator Weaver
Mr President, I move that the Senate confirms Colonel Andrew Conant
um to the rank of brigadier general for the Alabama National Guard.
He's in previous role with no objection.
All right, an objection
here.
No. So
ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams
34 Eyes here and a um,
Andrew Con it's confirmed secretary call next confirmation
from the committee on confirmations.
Senate confirmation number 60 appointing Scott Stad
Hagen to the University of West Alabama Board
of Trustees receives a favorable report by a vote of 14 eyes and zero.
Nays.
Yeah,
Mister Rob
Mr
I move that the Senate confirms the honorable Scott Sta
to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees using previous role.
No objection.
Any objection.
All right,
I talk to Roger.
Uh
ok.
Ok.
It
is your previous role to objection. All right, any objection
here.
None. So
order
Straw Briton
Mr Williams
34 I zero and a um,
Scott Stad Hagen's confirm.
Thank you.
All right. Thank you.
Any other committees?
All right, secretary called next committee.
So
from the committee on County and municipal government Senate Bill number 270
receives a favorable report by a vote of six eyes and zero.
Nays
from county and municipal government Senate. Bill.
Number 291 receives a favorable report with one
amendment by vote of seven eyes and zero.
Nays
from county and municipal government Senate Bill.
Number 292 receives a favorable report by both seven is and zero. Nays.
Ok.
From the committee on county and
municipal government Senate Bill number 303 receives
a favorable report with one amendment by vote of seven A's and zero.
Nays.
Yeah,
from the committee on county and municipal government Senate Bill number 260
receives a favorable report with one amendment by vote of seven,
I's and zero.
Nays.
These bills received a second read to be
placed on the calendar for next legislative day.
Secretary called next committee
from the committee on local legislation.
Senate Bill number 20 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. Senate Bill.
Number 262 receives a favorable report
from local legislation. Senate Bill. Number 261 receives a favorable report
from local legislation. Senate Bill. Number 263 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. Senate Bill.
Number 267 receives a favorable report
from local legislation. House Bill number two receives a favorable report.
Uh, is
there
any
questions
from local legislation? House Bill? Number 106 receives a favorable report
from local legislation. House Bill. Number 107 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. House Bill.
Number 109 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation.
House Bill number 114 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. House Bill.
Number 115 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. House Bill.
Number 179 receives a favorable report
from the committee on local legislation. House Bill.
Number 193 receives a favorable report.
These bills received a second reading will be placed
on the calendar for the next legislative day.
Secretary called the next committee report
from the committee on local legislation. Shelby County
House Bill number 89 receives a favorable report by one of three I's and zero. Nays
from the committee on local legislation.
Shelby County House Bill number 328 receives a favorable
report by a vote of three I's and zero.
Nays.
These bills have received a second reading will
be placed on the calendar for the next
legislative day. Ah,
this concludes committee reports.
Now move on to motions and resolutions,
any, any emotions or resolutions.
All right, clerk called the first bill on the special order calendar
on page 53 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 252 by Senator Reid and
others regarding the Alabama Growth Alliance br pending
Senator Reid.
Thank you, Mr President. I appreciate it very much.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you will allow me as we get started on this legislation,
I want to speak to each of you for a moment as to what we're trying to do today.
Um,
we've got
thanks to the rules chairman.
Certainly a robust calendar of 41 pieces of legislation.
And, um, that's a lot.
Um, we're up to it.
Um,
I'm gonna encourage you if we get to a place to where you've got an amendment,
you've got something that needs to be added.
You've got thought and work that you've put into some of this legislation,
um move on to the microphones and let's let's get it worked on.
Make sure everybody knows what we're doing.
I would ask that you explain things um very effectively as I know each of you can,
as we come to the microphone to talk about all this legislation.
Uh We're gonna be,
at the beginning of this is gonna be a series of legislation that is
a package that the governor's worked on
related to workforce and workforce participation.
We've had a lot of discussion on this in committee. I've gotten great input from both
um Democrats and Republicans on this.
We're gonna have several additional amendments today. I see my colleague at
the microphone that's gonna be offering
another colleague that's gonna be offering.
Uh So that's just my encouragement.
If we get to a place where we, we got an issue and a challenge on something.
Uh and we need more time to work on it,
then I'm gonna ask that you carry things over
so that our colleagues can continue to manage it
and work on it and uh we can all be able to have some good accomplishment today.
Uh So with that, Mr President,
the first piece of legislation in this package I'm privileged to carry,
which is called the Alabama Growth Alliance.
This alliance is basically
a group that's gonna be led by Governor Ivey,
Governor Ivey. Um that's consistent as both a public and private sector
leaders are gonna be collaborating, coordinating
uh being accountable across the state
for economic development entities and sectors
and stakeholders working together on what's best for Alabama's economic future.
And so with this,
the alliance in the, the, the structure of the alliance,
it doesn't have any power to be able to
say this is what we're going to do in areas economic development.
But it is gonna be a great tool working with public
members and private members to give advice to the Department of Commerce
as to what we do working collaboratively in making sure that Alabama
is doing all it can moving forward and growing our economy.
And I think that kind of engagement and involvement is gonna be important to um
helping our state continue to grow
and move forward. So
in looking at this structure as a public private partnership,
um I've got some examples of some things related
to this that I think have worked well.
One that I'll mention that I've been very involved
in for the last three years is innovate Alabama,
which has public members and private members working together,
looking for ways to come up with growth
in that specific segment of our coming economy,
which is the knowledge based economy and having all of the private sector folks
giving their thoughts and ideas with the public sector
folks and everybody coming together with good collaboration.
It has yielded really strong outcomes and I am trusting
that this is gonna be the same kind of thing.
So let's let me go into a little bit more of the detail here.
Uh Because of some things that I want my colleagues to be able to
be recognized Mr President to talk about some of the feedback that I've gotten
as to how this legislation can be made better.
Uh First off, I think what I would like to do,
Mr President if I, if I can
we have and I think we'll need to adopt a, um,
an amendment
that is a
um,
committee amendment.
And so if we, if we have that committee amendment,
we need to um whenever you're ready adopt the BR,
that'd be a great place to start.
So
move adoption of the Bir using previous role with no objection.
Any objection. Thank you
so
ordered.
Hey, I'm not up here too often doing this,
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 I zero and A's, uh, the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 53 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 252 by Senator Reid and
others regarding economic development committee amendment pending.
All right, Senator Reed.
-- Thank -- you, Mr President. Now
we have a committee amendment
and um I would like to adopt the committee amendment
using the previous role without
any objection
hearing. I so
ordered
straw Briton
Mr Williams
34 hours zero. Na,
the committee amendments adopted.
-- All right, Senator -- Reed, Mr President. Thank you.
Let me speak to that amendment just a little bit so that I think
it's important that I follow the rules as to what I've asked of you,
which is
the membership being able to explain the
things that they're doing in this legislation.
I had great feedback from the gentleman from
Coleman County who gave me good feedback.
Uh, on line 130 page five in the legislation,
it gave more definition to the board and it's working with third party contractors
as well as uh
on lines 178 and 179 on page seven.
It added to what are gonna be additional appointments
for members to this alliance for the lieutenant governor,
the president, Pro
TEM
and the speaker of the House.
And in a moment, Mr President,
we will have another amendment that's going to add more to that.
That's coming from the gentle lady from Jefferson.
But uh that was adopted in that and I
appreciate the gentleman from Coleman being able to offer that
also.
Uh There's been some great work done.
This is reflected in uh the amendment related to line 286 seven on page 11.
Great work done by the joint
legislative advisory committee on economic incentives.
This group has done fantastic work in
analyzing incentives of all kinds that are being
put to the to the test to make sure they're
paying off in dividends for the people of Alabama.
So
that, that was addressed in that amendment as well. So with that, Mr President.
What I need to move now to adopt the amendment.
We've already adopted the, the House, I mean, the committee amendment.
So now my colleague, I think has another important topic
-- that he wants to, to talk with us about in regards to an amendment. All -- right, Senator
Van,
thank you, Mr President,
Mr Pro
TEM. I thought you were filibustering your own uh bill there for a second. But, um,
I thought maybe you just
-- talk about -- the Bir and you'd
just rather
not have me talk
serious. I do have an amendment.
Secretary Reed and received the amendment.
Perfect.
Oh, ok.
Ok.
Amendment to Senate Bill 252 by Senator
Gavan
replace lines 336 through 347 on pages 12 and 13 with the following.
Yeah.
All right. Thank you, Mr President. So this is the, um,
this was a lawyer in this, uh, Mr Pro Tim.
Uh the way the language was,
uh originally worded gave me a little concerned about passing off
powers to a third party uh economic development entity that was defined
and uh
through having some conversation with representatives of the
governor's office and some other interested stakeholders,
we came up with this
language that would
clarify what it would be, that,
that economic development uh group would be doing and basically
they be contracted for periodic evaluations of our competitiveness,
competitive with other states
and then analyzing basically the impact of, of economic trends and conditions. So
if there are any questions, I'd be glad to address them.
If not,
I would move adoption of the amendment using previous role without objection
or an objection.
No.
So ordered
Straw
Mr Williams
34 eyes here in ac Senator. Good band amendments adopted.
-- Thank you, Mr President and thank you Mr Pro TEM for working with me on -- this.
Thank you, Senator. I appreciate your
legal intellect being applied in this particular topic.
Uh with that Mr President, I've got another legal mind that's coming to the mind,
found that we've had great discussion in committee on some issues
that are associated with uh inclusion of some minority members.
Uh That is very important to me and I am excited that the Senator from Jefferson,
the gentle lady is here to talk with me about it.
So,
all right, Senator Coleman,
thank you for the recognition. Um
And thank the gentleman too for working so well, uh with me on
getting these amendments together.
And, um, and I wanna take this opportunity to, to commend the governor for what she's
um trying to do in workforce development. That's where the rubber meets the road.
You know,
that's the kind of stuff that we can all go home and be proud of what we've done,
trying to recruit industry.
Also making sure that our existing industry has the
tools that it needs in order to grow.
So
I'm glad to be a part of this effort.
But in this effort because it's such a, this is, this is, this is new.
It's innovative. It's exciting on the employment power.
Um In committee we changed or, or changed.
Uh those appointees to some members of the legislature
um at no fault of anybody's,
there were two members that were left off
and that was the minority leader of the House
of the Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate.
So I do have an amendment to offer
all Secretary
Reed and received the amendment
and
nobody
let me
not
all
over.
Ok.
Amendment to Senate Bill 252
by Senator Coleman
replace lines 163 through 164 on page six with the following
replace line 167 on page six with the following.
All right, Senator Coleman
move
passage of the amendment
objection
hearing
none. So
ordered
straw
Mr Williams
-- 34 hours here and a Senator Coleman amendment is adopted. Thanks, Senator -- Coleman.
Thank you.
And I have a second amendment which really I
could have talked about both of them together.
Want to make sure that with the governor's brain child and all that she's doing.
She has an adequate number of appointments on the,
um, on this particular committee. So what this amendment does is it takes
um, the governor's appointments from 3 to 5 at large members.
So with that, I, I have an amendment to offer
all
Secretary Reed and received the amendment.
I've been to Senate Bill 252
by Senator Coleman.
Replace line 163 on page six with the following.
Yeah,
replace line 178 on page seven with the following.
Yes.
Yes,
always.
-- All right, Senator -- Coleman
move adoption of the amendment using previous role.
-- All right. Any -- objection
hearing none. So ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams
34 hours here in a UC Senator Coleman amendment number two is adopted.
Thank
you.
Thanks Coleman, Senator Reed.
Thank you, Mr President.
I'd like to thank the gentle lady from Jefferson and
her bringing that to my attention and working with me diligently
uh and also with the governor's office making sure
that those are included as they should have been.
So with that,
I've had good uh discussions with uh my colleague, uh
the gentleman from Morgan and I think he has some
things to offer and discuss with me as well.
-- So, all -- right, Senator Orr,
-- thank you, Mr President. I have an amendment. -- All right.
Secretary Reed and received the amendment
amendment to Senate bill 252 by Senator Orr
after line 196 on page seven. Add the following new subsection and rele
the remaining subsections accordingly.
Replace line 236 on page nine with the following
on page nine, delete lines 241 through 248 inclusive and rele
the remaining subsections accordingly.
Replace line 322 on page 12 with the following
replace line 384 on page 14 with the following
Mr President.
Thank you, Mr President.
Um This is just a few hodgepodge of things regarding the bill. Um
It puts the board members under the Ethics Act and uh also
uh a
little bit regarding meetings and
uh then the,
um,
as far as changing in the articles of incorporation, that would be the governor,
the, the speaker and the Lieutenant and the uh pro TEM that would do that
and I would move adoption of the amendment using the previous role.
There's no objection and I talked to the sponsor about this uh, a
-- little while -- ago.
All right, any objection
so
ordered
straw Britain Mr Williams
34 hours here and a Senator war amendments adopted.
-- All right, Senator Reed, -- thank you, Mr President Mr President. I want to thank the,
the gentleman from Morgan and for his engagement and involvement in the
legislation and being able to add some things to make it better.
Um I appreciate the support that I have in the body related to the legislation.
I'm excited about where we're going with economic growth, economic development.
Governor.
I'll take this opportunity to thank you in regards to
some of the work that you did with your commission
in being able to help us stay focused on
workforce development, workforce participation,
our economic growth opportunities and working with the Department of Commerce
as well as some of the other legislation that we're gonna hear coming,
uh that are on this calendar that uh many that you are engaged in and,
and working with your commission.
So I wanna thank you for that. I think these are exciting elements.
We've got to put them to work, make them pay off for the benefit of Alabama. But
with that, Mr President, I would move without any, any other question
uh for third reading,
-- using the previous role without objection -- or any objection
hearing. None. So ordered
Mr Albritton,
Mr Williams
34 eyes zero and a Senate bill 252 passes.
-- Thanks, Senator Reid, appreciate your leader. -- Thank you, Mr President.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate.
-- All right, secretary -- call the next bill
on page 52 of the calendar Senate bill number 247
by Senator Livingston and others regarding the Workforce Transformation Act
br pending.
All right, Senator Livingston, Mr President.
Good morning, good morning, good afternoon afternoon.
Uh, I would, uh, ask for the Bir using previous role of no objection
or any objection
hearing. None. So ordered
straw Bri
Mr Williams
34 0
A E pr is adopted
secretary called the bill
on page 52 of the calendar Senate bill number 247 by Senator Livingston and others.
Regarding the Alabama Workforce Transformation Act Committee amendment pending
Mr President Senator Livingston,
I'll move the adoption of the committee amendment.
Would
you like
any objection
hearing
none. So
ordered
strawberry
Mr Williams
34 hours here and
the committee amendments adopted
Sir Livingston Mr President.
This bill is the Alabama Workforce Trans
Transformation Act.
This merges and con
and uh this will merge and consolidate duplicative workforce
development agencies programs funding mechanisms
into a single repurposed agency
that will be led by a cabinet level position.
The ABA
Workforce Board will be led by an executive committee comprised of Alabama
business business executives that will develop a statewide plan,
workforce development plan, working
with under one budget for workforce development activities
and work with the Secretary of Workforce. This will also change the,
the name of the agency from the Secretary of Labor or Department of Labor to the
uh Department of Workforce and the Secretary of Labor.
And I see my colleague across the way has some conversation
or amendments,
Mr President.
All right, Senator Elliott, thank you, Mr President and thank you Mr Leader,
um, big, big fan of this piece of legislation.
And as you know,
I'm working on a couple of little tweaks to the Department of Labor myself.
Right now. You're the tweaker, aren't you?
Um
And I do, uh after conversation, obviously with the bill's sponsor,
have another conglomeration and consolidation if you will of amendments
about eight different ones, most of which are housekeeping in nature.
Um And I'd like to offer that amendment at this time.
Our
secretary Reed and received the amendment
amendment to Senate Bill 247 by Senator Elliott.
Replace line 262 on page 10 with the following.
I see
Mister President
replace line 276 on 277
on page 10 with the following
replace line 282 on page 11 with the following and Retter.
The subsequent subsections accordingly serving as such
replace line 297 on page 11 with the following
replace signs 314 and 315 on page 12 of the following.
Yeah,
replace line 338 on page 13 with the following
replace line 388 on page 14 with the following
replace line 665 on page 24 with the following.
All right, Senator Elliott, thank you, Mr President.
Sorry,
I did say it was a conglomeration of about eight amendments
and I needed to give him the time to read those.
I apologize.
Uh but remembers this just deals with the
transfer of state employees into this new agency.
Um Clarifies that Division chiefs currently employed by the Department
of Labor will retain their status in the merit system
gives the secretary of Workforce three additional exempt positions.
Uh clarifies that the Secretary of Workforce and not
the division chief is employing personnel at the department
and that the secretary will appoint that department.
There's some other language that clears up um how this works with federal statute
and clarifies that it is the only, only referring to any
afflicting federal law or regulations
and ensures our uh our friends uh the, the typical um
diversity
uh language and then adds the qualifier where appropriate
to the responsibilities of A ID T so that they
have the flexibility that they need to perform their duties.
And
II
I
Elliot, I think this is a friendly amendment. Yes, sir.
Very good.
Well, with that, I'd move adoption of the amendment using the previous role.
All right, any objection.
None. So
ordered
straw
and Mr Williams
34 I zero and a Senator Elliott amendments adopted. Thanks, Senator Elliott.
Thank you,
Elliot.
Aye.
I think Senator Singleton has some conversation too.
-- All right, Senator Singleton. -- Yes. Uh, Mr President, thank you very much.
Uh, as we look at this bill, this bill has an appointed authority by the governor
and some other members and I think this board is going to be about 40
members on this board.
And, and there,
there are specific criteria based on what the federal government say they must be,
uh,
and how they must be appointed based on where they must be appointed from labor,
business, et
cetera.
And so we're not trying to stop that.
And I want, and I think there's a minority participation language in this bill,
but I wanna make sure,
uh, what I also want to do is to make sure that when we look at this board,
uh, that they become Senate confirmed
and this is a, an agreement that we've had,
uh, based on them being sent, confirmed.
Uh, this doesn't mess with the federal dollars,
-- so we'll make sure you have -- confirmed that.
Correct,
-- sir. We have confirmed that we have -- confirmed that,
that this does not
interfere with any federal dollar. We've talked to the federal government today.
They said there's nothing out there
that no one could show you or there's nothing in our
rules to say that
they cannot come under confirmation and it, that it would affect your,
your dollars.
The only thing that would possibly affect your dollars if there
was an interference in the way that they are appointed.
If the governor gave me her appointment,
then that may affect it when she has to have that appointment herself.
Ok. Ok. Other than that governor appoints all the time and we come back and affirm
is not stopping as long as you
appoint from those categories
and meet those criterias. They can still be confirmed by the Senate.
And I want to offer this amendment, Mr President
just basically give it the Senate confirmation.
All right, before we do that, I want to recognize a very special guest on the floor.
Uh Representative Scott Stad Hagen,
the newest member of the uh West Alabama board of Trustees.
Welcome to Alabama Senate, Representative Stad Hagen.
All right. Secretary re receive um the amendment.
Ok.
Amendment two Senate Bill 247 by Senator Singleton.
Replace line 372 on page 14 with the following.
It's good. All right, Senator Singleton.
Uh I will move for adoption of the amendment using pro role without objection.
Let the gentleman have some
an
objection,
considered a friendly amendment. All right
here. None so ordered. Thank you, sir.
Appreciate
it,
Mr
Briton,
Mr Williams
34 eyes here in a Senator Singleton amendments adopted
Senator Coa
Madison.
Thank you, Mr Chairman Senator Livingston.
I did have some questions about it but after going
over the bill because I know I had signed up.
Really? It was a good deal. I just wanted to make sure that, um, it, it does include,
uh,
as far as the board members is reflective of all
the people that are in the state of Alabama.
And I noticed that they, this is a 40 member board
ma'am. So the possibility of it being reflective as far as all of the workforce
and populations and diversity in this state would be represented.
It won't be a case. I'm hoping
that we will say, well, we can't find people to serve because
out of 40 people to serve, certainly we should be able to do that.
So, the objection that I had originally and the questions that I had,
I just wanted you to know that I'm, I'm, I'm ok with it now.
I certainly appreciate that. Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator Coleman Madison.
All right,
Senator,
but you want to be recognized?
All right, you can.
Yeah, you
-- Senator Coleman. He acts like -- she's afraid of it. No.
Well, you know, I'm still getting used to the rules down here, how it works. Right.
So,
uh I, I just wanted to uh uh also echo the sentiments of my colleague,
I believe I'm a cosponsor,
my cosponsor on here I am
and support the legislation. Um When you were in committee,
I also mentioned on your piece of legislation about the appointment power
and adding the minority leaders in both the House and the Senate.
I've had various people to come through to me throughout the day today
to say that, you know, we could risk losing federal funds through what is it? Yo
I, is that what it is?
So now, of course,
when somebody tells me that I'm gonna have to do a little bit more research
to, to see if indeed that is the case. And so
the first thing we did was to get in contact with LS A, our folks that are right here,
um you know, within the building.
And um I was assured
that by adding the two members,
um they didn't see that this was gonna be a violation of
wo a or losing federal funds
in addition to that, um You're familiar with N CS L.
Most of us are active members.
They actually have a person that is
designated specifically for labor federal label issues.
That person also said by adding those two members,
we will not risk losing our federal funds.
But unfortunately, I don't have the amendment ready.
We thought we had it ready,
but it was actually the, it was, it was for the house version of the bill, not this one,
but I did wanna come on record. So I am gonna still support
it in the absence of the amendment because
I do think that the confirmations process,
we'll,
you know what we just did with the minority leader here that gives us an opportunity
to have some influence. But I don't know.
We actually talked about this particular issue in the Black caucus today.
It was a part of our agenda is one of the issues we talked about.
So I don't know if somebody downstairs wants, it goes downstairs,
but I'm gonna support it today in the absence of the amendment.
And I, and I just, again, I just challenge what was told to us
about how we would risk losing federal funds by adding those two members and,
but still gonna vote for today and thank you for your
hard work on this bill and thank you for your willingness
to take the amendment when we discussed it.
-- But then you, you know, end up getting some, some bad information. -- Thank you, ma'am.
Appreciate that. So,
to
move Alabama
forward. Thanks Senator Coleman.
All right, Senator
or
thank you, Mr
President. Let's hear about all that hard work on this bill,
right?
How are you
Mr Leader?
Um I got a point to make and I'll, uh,
I don't know who's listening out in Cyber land over the, uh, over the internet on the,
on the code, but
over the, um, cameras, but
I'm looking at page 26
and there's another provision earlier in the bill. Same topic.
And that is regarding the code commissioner is directed to rec codify
as one of your in house attorneys. That's a terrible practice.
It's, we shouldn't do that. That's
bad, bad, bad Senator.
Uh, I know you worked hard on this, writing it and, uh,
wanted that code commissioner to do all that
rec codifying, but that's, that's not how we do it.
So for those that are listening, it's looking on the microphone on the camera.
I hope we don't see that again because otherwise
I'll be over here jumping up and down,
uh, saying
like we can't pass this bill in
shape.
-- So you jump -- now. Well, it's not very high. You can guarantee that
other than that. Uh, I
think you've got a motion to make.
All right,
Mr President
move for final passage using previous role. No objection,
any objection
here,
not so ordered
straw. Briton
Mr Williams
34 eyes zero, nos um,
city bill 247 passes. Thanks, Senator Livingston. Thank you, Mr President.
Thank you.
B
All right, secretary call the next bill
on page 51 of the calendar Senate bill number 253 by Senator Chaste
and others regarding the Alabama Workforce Pathways Act V. Our offending
Senator Chastain.
Thank you, Mr President
uh
members. The I'd like to move to adopt the Bir using previous role.
All right, any objection
here. No,
so ordered
Sta Britain,
Mr Williams
34 0. Nays. The EBR is adopted
secretary called the bill on page 51 of
the calendar Senate bill number 253 by Senator Chaste
regarding the Alabama Workforce Pathways Act Committee amendment pending
Senator Chaste
Mr President. I'd like to adopt the committee amendment using previous role.
All right, any objection
hearing none. So
ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams
34
34 hours zero and a the committee amendments adopted.
All right, Senator Chastain
Mr President, I have a floor amendment that I'd offer at this time.
All right, Secretary Reed and received the amendment, please.
Yeah. Yeah. In the white,
I just had
assessment
amendment to Senate Bill 253 by Senator Chaste.
Replace line 49 on page two with the following
replace line 62 through 63 on page three with the following
like,
alright, Senator Chastain
to adopt the committee, the floor amendment using previous role or any objection
hearing
no
straw Bri
Mr Williams
34
0 and a Senate bill 253. I'm sorry. The Senator Chasin
amendments adopted.
Thank you, Mr
President,
Senator Guger.
-- Thank you, Mr President. I have an amendment also for this particular -- bill.
-- All right. -- Secretary re received the amendment
amendment to Senate Bill 253 by Senator Gudger
replace line 70 on page three with the following.
Ok,
Mr President
Senator Gudger,
thank you.
I'd just like to make a motion to go forward
unless you would like to talk about this particular amendment.
Well, uh, it is, it is a friendly amendment and, and I would like to move forward.
I appreciate your work on this. We talked about this in committee last week
and just making sure that there is a pathway forward
for these students who choose the workforce pathway diploma and then
decide that's not the route they would like to go.
They'd like the opportunity to get into.
-- So, yes, freely amendment. And I'd like to -- adopt that. Thank you for accepting it.
And I'd like to make a motion to adopt the amendment.
All right, he was a previous role. He's in previous role without objection. Place
any objection
here.
Order
Straw
and
Mr Williams
34 I zero
ac
got your amendments adopted.
All right, Senator Chasin.
Thank you, Mr President.
This uh this bill has been,
this is part of the uh workforce package that we've been
working on and this commission has been working since 2019.
1 of the problems that we have as we're all aware of is the,
the low labor participation rate that we have in the state.
What this bill will allow is for students that
are not going to college after they graduate my school
to earn a diploma that would prepare them for the workforce.
And what this will do is it will allow them to take
two less math and two less science courses and they will,
they will, uh, enroll in a career technical program
that will give them the diploma they need
where they can enter into the workforce.
There are no questions, a move for final passage.
All right,
an objection. Are you
-- want to speak on this? -- Yes, sir.
I'd like to be recognized. You recognized.
Thank you, Mr President
Senator. It has been a privilege to work together on this whole topic since 19.
And I am so grateful to see this result in this legislation. I support it.
And I just want to say thank you Governor for your leadership throughout
ever since I got here in 18 to work on workforce development.
I'm proud of you. Thank you.
And also our corporate partners has been,
have been amazing to work with so great leadership.
Thank you, Senator.
Thanks.
All right. Got a motion for final passage using previous role. Any objection
hearing? I so ordered
Mr Al Briton, Mr Williams.
Uh 34 eyes here in a Senate bill. 253 passes. Thanks Senator chess scene.
Thank you, Mr President. I appreciate your leadership in this
same to you. Thank you, secretary. Call next bill
on page 56 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 243 by Senator Roberts
and others regarding economic development br pending.
All right, Senator Roberts.
Mr President, I'd like to go ahead and move Bir with no objection, please.
All right, any objection
here. Nine, so ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 0. And
the pr is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 56 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 243 by Senator
Roberts and others regarding economic development,
Senator Robinson,
this is a bill and then it's enabling legislation.
The bill following this on the calendar
have been worked on
at great length by holding my hand, uh,
changes that were made even this morning and we're close but not there.
This deals with economic development and then the state
law authorizing counties and municipalities to provide for innovation districts
as public corporations and authorized innovation districts and their
use of public funds for public or private persons,
authorizing
this to go into action. And senators
will talk more about his bill to follow.
Tremendous amounts of work have gone into this
and there's still a few issues that are being worked out at this time.
So I would like to ask,
uh that this be carried over at the moment to be
brought back as soon as we can get these issues resolved.
But there are a lot of working parts still going
on and I'm grateful the effort that have been put forth
scholars in favor. Say
I
any opposed
the Senate bill. 243 is carried over.
All right. Secretary call the next bill.
Ok.
On page 55 of the calendar Senate bill number 242 by Senator Singleton and others.
Regarding innovation districts br pending,
-- Mr -- President,
I'd like to move for the BR used to prevail without objection.
All right, any objection
here. None. So ordered
straw Briton
Mr Williams
34 hours here in the CBR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 55 of the calendar. Senate bill number 242 by Senator Singleton and others.
Regarding economic districts committee substitute pending.
-- All right, Senator Single to me. -- Yes, Mr President, thank you uh
body and Mr President.
I know this is one of the most controversial piece of this,
this workforce legislation that a lot of our have
been put into this piece of legislation on these innova
innovative districts
that basically will give counties and cities another
tool in the toolbox to be able to help
uh recruit industry in that area.
While I know it was kind of broad by giving them taxing powers,
giving them iIn domain powers,
you know, allowing them to be able to have uh powers of no competitive bids.
But at the end of the day,
these all of these bodies have gotten together and they will came up with a sub
and the sub uh
will allow for additional requirements for public notice
and public meetings as well as the notice of property owners may,
may be affected by the district.
Uh
It also add language that removes some language to ensure that boundaries of
an innovative district must be within the
boundaries of the the authority jurisdiction,
authorizing jurisdiction.
I heard something that was so crazy on my way down here today that
someone thought that
for example, that if Birmingham wanted to sit one up in mobile, then they could.
So we just wanna make sure that we get that out of the air.
That that doesn't happen, it cannot happen.
Uh So that you can't set up a district, you can't set up
a
no, I will just give you an example. You don't have to get up.
I know I called Birmingham name.
You don't have to get up, you don't have to get up, just hold your horses.
I was given an example.
You have the whole I have to ring them in.
And so
it also clarified that the district does not have the power of eminent domain
over any other entity or jurisdiction, nor any tax abatement
or any over any other jurisdiction. It also clarifies
that no educational dollars or dollars otherwise committed by the,
the authorizing jurisdiction may be allocated or abated by the district.
It clarifies that property within the boundaries of an innovative district
owned by a private party would be subject to taxation.
It also cha uh changes to say that a majority of appointment
of the district board must be by a majority.
And so this is a little bit complicated and a lot of work is going in it.
Uh, we're still trying to work on it.
Uh, there's some parties that's on the hallway who are interested in it.
I,
I appreciate everyone who have come to the table who have added a lot to this bill and
yes, the bill was a li little bit broad and y'all reined it in.
I still think it has a little bit more work to do.
If the gentleman at the other mic has something to say about this,
I would yield to that gentleman before asking for this bill to be carried over.
-- All right, Senator Warner. Thank -- you, Mr President. Um, Senator.
Thank you for your willingness to work on it.
I, I know there's a sub floating around that I got about an hour ago.
Let me say this.
This is about the worst bill, one of the worst bills I think I've ever seen.
-- I don't -- mean
that
war
and I may have had some bad ones in my time for sure. But,
uh, the eminent domain power,
the once you create, let this genie out of the bottle,
the local government body can't do much about it at all.
Uh, they're, they're self perpetuating, they can tax.
Um,
but I
think
the
list,
a
lot of that has been taken
out. That's right. My headaches are gonna go away.
So I've got great confidence that, you know,
we're setting up something that's more reasonable
and that, uh, once we let that genie out,
it's not some uncontrollable monster that can tax
and wheel and deal all around the state,
uh, to the expense of the people.
And we have no control over it other than impeachment,
I thought that was remarkable.
The only way to get rid of a board member and for the people watching that camera
in a big city to the north impeachment was the only
way you could get rid of a board member with,
I mean, was flabbergasting
the breadth and depth of this bill.
I commend you in your in ingenuity on how to create such
a huge genie that we could never control or should I say,
Frankenstein?
-- I don't -- know, you know, hey, I've been accused of a lot of things, man,
but what I was trying to do is to allow for continuation of, of,
of economic development, build workforce.
But I agree with you. There are some things that was out there that was
a be brought, we brought them back in if you read the, read the sub that's out there.
Now, you'll see they've been, they've been brought in
and harnessed in a lot.
And so therefore,
I'm still saying that there aren't some
unintended consequences that are still out there.
And that's why we will carry those,
continue to work on it to make sure that we get
rid of all those things that we're not intending to do.
Good job. Thank you, Senator. Thank you,
Mr President. With that. I would like to ask for this bill to be carried over.
-- All, -- all those in favor, say, ah,
any opposed Senate bill 242 is carried over.
All right, secretary call the next bill.
I page 21 of the calendar Senate bill number 149 by Senator or regarding prisoners.
BR pending.
Mr President.
-- I move the dots in the VR using the previous role. -- All right. Any objection
hearing? None. So ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 hours zero and A the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 21 of the calendar Senate bill number 100 or 149 by Senator Orr.
Regarding prisoners,
-- Mr President, I have an -- amendment.
All right. Uh, Secretary Reed received the amendment
amendment to Senate Bill 149 by Senator Orr replace
line 70 through 72 on page three with the following
this one
mister President. Um, this amendment
basically puts a schedule. This bill comes,
ah, at the request of the sheriffs who have to feed the local prisoners.
It came up in committee.
How much do we pay for our state prisoners and the state, ah, facilities to today?
That
cost is 281
$2.81. I've shared this amendment with the, uh General Fund chairman
and he was agreeable to it this time,
-- I'd move adoption of the amendment using the previous -- role.
All right. Any objection
hearing?
No. So ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams
34 I zero. And now you see Senator Orr amendments adopted.
-- All right, Senator -- Orr, thank you, Mr President.
This time, I'd move third reading using the previous role.
Any objection
here.
None so ordered
Mr Albritton,
Mr Williams
34 eyes zero,
a Senate bill 149
passes. Thank you, Senator or secretary called next bill
on page 26 of the calendar house bill
number 164 by Representative Robbins regarding consumer protection.
They are pending.
Mr President
Mr President. I move with the Bir using previous role with no objection.
All right, any objection
hearing none. So
ordered
Straw Britain Mr Williams
34 hours here. And AC BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 26 of the calendar House bill
number 164 by Representative Robbins regarding consumer protection
committee amendment pending.
All right, Senator Levinson,
Mr President,
I move we adopt the committee amendment using previous role or any objection
hearing none. So ordered
straw
Mr Williams
34 hours zero and 80 committee amendments adopted.
All right, Mr President.
This bill creates an online age verification requirements for accessing
websites with adult content. It pro
provides penalties for a violation. A valid ID is required to uh
to, to be used for entry, a
complaint could be filed and the judgment had been handed down by the court.
Judgment would go to a GD for further action on the producer,
the distributor or the material harm
to a minor.
This is an attempt to prohibit
um, our,
our Children from being, having access, free access to pornography is what it is.
And
there's no question of across the way
I move for final passage using previous role with without objection.
Is there any objections hearing? None ordered
Straw Britain Mr Williams
34 hours zero and e
thank you, Mr President
body members
secretary call the next bill
on page 27 of the calendar Senate bill number
220 by Senator Roberts and others regarding public contracts.
Brp
Mr President, I'd like to move bre in previous role without objection on SB 220.
Any objections
hearing
no so ordered
straw
Mr Williams.
It's what I
told you.
3534 eyes. No nos. BRS adopted
secretary called the bill
on page 27 of the calendar Senate bill number
220 by Senator Roberts and others regarding public contracts,
Senator Roberts, Mr President. I
move. We do, we do the B
ok. I thought so.
Thank you very much. Uh, what did this bill do? Senator Smid
and ask
it is intended to bring us in line with what our current
homeland security measures are in particular with the country of China.
There are two lists that the federal government publishes
and if I can submit the sub senator,
I'll walk you through what they are.
So I'd like to submit the sub
for the bill
as we originally passed out a committee and I've visited with members before
-- and I'd like to move passage -- of
secretary reed and receive the sub subs
-- substitute by Senator -- Roberts.
Mr President. I'd like to move adoption of the sub using
before you adopt the sub. Let's talk about
-- what does this -- do?
This addresses the procurement of equipment manufactured
by certain companies that are published on two different lists
by the federal government in keeping with homeland security.
The first list referenced is here that I spoke about earlier.
This is a list of equipment and services covered by section two of the Securities Act
and it's supplemented by
uh
this act was done in 2019, is updated regularly. Last updated September 2023.
It lists when companies were added to the list
and they are currently banned by the FCC to be in equipment
in any of the communication systems in America
and all of our equipment suppliers and all of our uh
larger companies. AT&T Verizon.
All of these have worked with me on this
and I'm most grateful for that collaborative effort.
And then the second one is second
1260 H
of the Defense Procurement Act of 2021 and it also is updated, it lists
identical, some are identical, some are not,
but these are companies that are considered to be a threat to the homeland.
And all we are doing is ensuring that
Alabama is acting in accordance with the federal
guidelines for communications equipment that we would purchase
through any of the funds that we have.
That's the objective of what we're doing
and feel good about this. Any questions, sir? Yes,
you, you are you chairman of contract review.
I am sir.
So in, in, in your chairship of contract review,
how much of this are you seeing that, that
they used to bring this bill?
Well, we have departments that come in this,
this would be a lot of contracts that are,
don't come before contract review would be affected.
Some that do come through contract would be as well.
So this is basically a call out to our state
that are that for the benefit of homeland security.
The equipment that goes in that we use daily
throughout the state is in compliance with federal regulation.
Ok. So let me ask you this question. So,
so does it, does it make sure that it is not done by a third party?
Does your bill make sure of that?
Because let's say for instance, if
I order XYZ radios for communications for 911,
ok, those radios are being sold to me,
the bidding company becomes an American company, right?
But then they turn around because they can buy
it cheaper from someone in China.
Does it affect that leg of the process by which they turn around and, and,
and then turn and sell to me because it may not always be the American.
I'm, I'm, I'm getting, I'm getting a legitimate bid for an American company.
I, I agree completely. It does. It's the equipment manual
fractured by
these companies that are listed here and all of our current providers are
fully aware of these federal list and they are abiding by it.
So it's really nothing new
along those lines.
It's just putting this now in statute in Alabama that we too are following
and the benefit of our homeland security moves
against someone that is currently not one of our best
friends for the nation to bring Alabama compliance with.
Does Amazon still buy from China? Uh uh do they buy by that list?
China is not responsible? I, I don't, I don't anticipate that China
and Amazon have any non buy stuff.
But my guess the demand for public use of this equipment
is going to be very limited by these lists, by the actions of the Fed and by dod.
Ok.
-- I just want to make -- sure that we are in dod,
everyone's aware of these lists and they are readily available.
Yeah,
I remember, I remember in the last China bill that we had here, I had to try to defend
the Chinese citizens who were here in this state and in
this country whose some were born and raised here by,
you know, unintended consequences gonna get tangled in that. That well,
uh we were
to run away doctors, we were about to run away teachers, you know,
people who come in and do research
just because they may have had some connections or had ancestors back in China
and, and still go back and forth to visit China.
But yet, and still some of them were American born citizens and,
or yet and still had citizenship, even though they were born in China,
I just don't want to make sure a bill like this does not
go that far again to, to affect Chinese
uh
citizens
uh
with the intent of trying to stop the purchasing of products.
Uh This does not touch that one bit. It does not impact
I had entire labs that would have been affected by this in my district and
many of them live in my district and we welcome them to the United States.
It has nothing to do with the procurement of land or
where someone may do an activity has no nothing against that.
It simply deals with the procurement process
of communication equipment for which state dollars flow through and
it goes down to third party vendors as well.
It it's, it's an effort to do the right thing for Alabama
but not going after any of the individuals.
Ok.
Well, I trust I trust that that it is because this bill I have not thoroughly read,
especially haven't read the sub.
I'm
going on what you're telling me that's in your sub, uh,
without having read the sub,
um,
in,
you know,
um,
so as long as they're not touching that and I'm ok, as long as it has reference to
-- the, the, the, the, uh, -- reference
-- to -- the FCC
list and the homeland Security list
-- and I'm ok with -- that. Yes, sir. That's
it. So in no way, does it impact anything else? No
problem.
Thank
you
to
a,
he was in previous for
any objection
hearing.
No
awarded
straw
Britten Mr Williams
34 hours here and a uh Senator Rob
Robert substitutes adopted.
All right,
you got to pass your bill, man.
Uh
Good. You
leaving
yourself
wide
-- open, you leaving the wide for me to add some of you -- be a Mr
President.
I'd like to move final passage of SB
220 using previous role without objection as substituted.
-- All right, any -- objection
here.
None. So ordered
straw
Mr Williams
34 I zero and a Senate bill 220 passes. Thanks, Senator Roberts.
Thank you, Mr President.
-- All right, -- secretary call the next bill.
I'll page 23 of the calendar house bill
number 138 by Representative Reynolds regarding supplemental appropriations.
We are pending
-- Senator Al Briton Mr -- President.
Thanks for the recognition move for passage
of the Brbir using previous role that object
All right, any objection
hearing? None. So ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 I zero and A S, uh, the pr is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 22 of the calendar house bill
number 138 by Representative Reynolds regarding appropriations.
-- Mr -- President,
Senator Al,
ah, mister President HB 138 is the house version of, ah,
the Senate bill that we've already passed today.
This bill came from the finance, um, ah, director office, ah, earlier,
this is an appropriation of federal funds from
Aral money,
ah, for the State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund,
ah, to be used, uh, in grants programs and such. And I think I have my
colleague has some questions. I think
Mr President Senator, or
thank you. Uh, so the State Small Business Credit Initiative Fund
is part of a, a,
I think that is the, uh, uh, state version of handling the Arpa monies. I believe that
I was
wrong.
And we got, we're talking about,
um, $98 million I think I figure was, uh, 97
97 9. Yeah. Ok. All right.
Got you. I was close. I
had some questions and I've got a member of the Innovation Commission.
If you'd let him answer. I'm just curious how things are going there.
I hadn't got, I don't
like that if I would be very interested to
know where we're about to give him $100 million.
What if that's all I would what our board member uh is gonna do.
Yes,
Mr
is this the SB it would be acronym, the SB
-- we passed the SB uh this is the H -- B No, I was just saying the acronym S BC I I,
whatever the acronyms would be for that
-- small business, small -- business initiative,
credit initiative fund. C
if,
well,
a,
a lot of that money has gone to small business
innovations who started innovations in rural communities and urban communities.
I know there are groups in Birmingham has gotten some of the money.
Uh, Huntsville, I think we had a pot of about 25 million to start with.
When we first started, we got all of that out and probably had another 120 applicants
who were lined up to get more of these dollars.
We're finding new and upstart businesses that are out there.
I know they gave some to universities, uh,
uh, uh, some to, uh, I know to some of the community,
one of the community colleges got some to be able to start a program
on looking at electric cars and doing maintenance because no one
in the state were really doing maintenance on electric cars.
And so they
taking these dollars and being able to put into these small businesses
so they could be able to launch their small business out.
So it's been very, very,
uh, creative.
We've been seeing a lot of women owned business, minority owned business,
majority owned businesses come and the money is, is, is being used in a,
in a very positive way.
-- So -- you're playing Santa
Claus.
Well, I think that what we're doing is trying to make sure that we
uh continue innovation in this state as we see it, whether or not we,
you call it Santa Claus or not.
I think it's going to worthwhile projects
that are doing great things out there. Otherwise
they would not be getting these kind of funding. This is gonna
help jump start. Who knows?
It may be the next Microsoft that starts here in Alabama if we don't jump start some,
these businesses. So I, I'm very supportive of, of, of, of the business.
I don't sit on that committee that grades the applicants.
I don't, I don't sit on that committee,
but I do vote on them when they do come through.
Yes.
And we get a thorough explanation of what these business are,
are doing and then they come before us and explain their projects.
-- How, how long has it been in existence now? Two years, three -- years, I think
we, we, we're going, what, three years, Innovation Committee,
four
years
and it takes a year or so to get ramped up.
-- Three -- years, we had to commission one year.
So it's almost a five year process from the time we started the commission,
then we went into the corporation and
-- right, it's almost a five year process. -- So would you,
you got any idea how much we've invested or the state has put into it?
Roughly, my rough mass is a couple of 100 million maybe by now.
I don't know if that much yet.
Well, 2550 a year,
-- 97 here. -- It been seven years yet. I thought.
No, it may be
100 and 50 million here there.
But it's been going, it's,
money is being well spent.
We've been seeing some great projects that have been going up.
-- Do you know how many jobs are being? I, I wouldn't infect you. I -- have not known
about the
job
of
it. That
part of your report
that will be.
There's an annual report that comes out,
you can get a copy of the report that's out there.
Looks at the number of jobs
of what we're
geographically. We are, you know, from Mobile to Huntsville, Birmingham
and we've even started reaching out in rural areas
of the Black Belt and in East Alabama now.
-- So there's a rural component. -- What's the largest grant do you know?
Is there a cap on it like 500,000
-- than a million or do you know if there's, -- uh,
the largest one that I'm seeing coming through about 250,000?
I think you may get some, a little bit more than that 750,000 on some of these grants,
but
I have not seen anything of no 5 million or, or or above or anything of that nature.
-- It's really, it's really that -- we're in the venture capital business.
Well, I mean, you know, no more than what we were
about
-- public equity then. Not private -- equity. But, you know, it's not, you know,
it's about trying to help start businesses and innovation in this state.
I think it's a great thing to do. It's no different than when we, you know,
uh,
we're gonna get $30 million to a school to save it.
You know, I guess we were gonna be in that business also.
I would, I would rather do what we're doing here because we're seeing what we,
we can see that the, the, the ro I here, you're gonna be able to see it.
I think, I think you'll,
you'll see the return of investment
in terms of these, these businesses as they're growing
and we're not just giving it to anyone who come up with a business plan and say, hey,
I want this money.
Willy nilly, they're being vetted, they're being vetted very well. We have,
you know, third party, uh, vetters that are coming in and looking at it.
We have our board members who have been looking at these businesses
and, and we're basically kind of holding their hands and,
and walking through this process with them and making sure that
they're doing what they're supposed to do by these dollars.
And right so far, we have not had anyone to fail in order to come back and, and,
-- and feel that we had some malfeasance or anything with any of the money -- yet.
One last question, do you know, based on the number of applicants,
what you're able to do?
In other words, if you get 100 applicants,
usually you pick 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 do you know, kind of what the bat
the percentage of successful applicants is?
I don't, because I don't serve on that committee.
I don't, I have not looked at it very, very close as they do it on that committee.
But I do trust the people who are on that committee.
They're very, uh,
successful bending men and women here in the state of Alabama
that has been put on the board by the governor.
And I think they do a great job at,
at trying to make sure that we get the money out in the
right hands who are gonna be responsible and effective with those dollars.
-- You, -- thank you. Thank you, Mr President.
They
know
Arson Robin.
Thank you, Mr President.
If there's no further argument or discussion,
I'd move for a final passage using previous role without objection.
All right, any objection
hearing.
No, so
ordered
straw Britton,
Mr Williams
34 hours zero news House bill 138 passes. Thank you.
Thanks Senator Albritton
Secretary. Call the next bill
on page 47 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 240 by Senator Barfoot regarding
the Department of Mental Health br pendant.
This president move for
the br used in previous role.
All right. Any objection
hearing? None. So ordered
Straw Britain Mr Williams
34 hours here in a CPR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 47 of the calendar Senate bill number 240 by Senator Barfoot.
Regarding the Department of Mental Health Committee amendment pending
Mr President uh is regarding the committee amendment.
I'd have a motion to table using previous role,
motion to table. Yes, sir. All those in favor say I
I any opposed motion table passes.
Thank you, Mr President. Uh, with that, I do have an amendment to offer
and I'll be glad to explain
the amendment. All right. Secretary re received the amendment, please.
I
don't know
because he
didn't know
how to feel.
Sad.
Amendment to Senate Bill 240 by Senator Barfoot.
Replace lines 411 through 417 on page 15 with the following.
Yeah.
All right, Senator Bar.
Thank you, Mr President uh members.
The amendment is the same amendment with just tabled with the exception that there
is uh an addition on there going over this with a couple of members.
The court shall give the prosecuting attorney an
opportunity to object to the discharge order.
So,
uh if no questions on the amendment, I'd move for adoption
using previous role. All right. Any objection
hearing no
so ordered
straw
Mr Williams
34 hours here in the East. So Senator Bar for
amendments adopted.
Thank you, Mr President. We're now on final passage. We are
Mr
President move for final passage of SB 240 as amended
using previous role. All right, any objection
here.
No, so ordered
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams
34 I zero and A uh,
let's see. Senate bill 240 passes secretary call next bill
on page 58 of the calendar Senate bill number 256 by Senator
-- Smith and Singleton regarding the newborn screening panel br pending Mr -- President
move for br use a pre
roll without objection.
All right, any objection
hearing none. So ordered Shaw
Brit and Mr Williams
34 hours zero. Now
the B RS adopted secretary called the bill
on page 58 of the calendar Senate bill number 256
by Senator Smitherman and Singleton relating to newborn screening.
Mr President
Senator Smitherman.
I've been waiting for you to come to the mic all day.
You're the best dressed senator in this building today.
Like that new suit looking good. Yeah,
I,
-- I -- didn't want to say anything earlier because I
thought you might come on up and start Filibuster.
-- He came up. -- It, it just, it just the opposite. I, I told someone
I said, I don't hardly know what to do with myself because I'm just,
I'm just kinda in here and I'm just moving with y'all.
I'm riding on y'all train today. So I don't want y'all to know that
uh
it now you, you,
I, I want you to whatever it is that you want to say,
I want you to
don't say it to me and, and, and share it with me, but I wanna share something with you.
So if it's, if it's something you wanna save,
you know, you can do that or not.
I'm, I'm talking to the body, I'm gonna request
that the bill be carried over
and, and let me just tell you why I'm doing that
number one and then I'm gonna yield to you.
You know, I'm not requesting, I'm just kinda telling them
it's because number one,
uh I really want to pass
the house bill
uh for the pharmacist, what his name. Representative Riggs, riggs,
riggs.
But yeah,
I
really wanna pass for him. He's,
he's, this issue is a very issue that II, I wanna tell everybody in here
that I am working massively with,
you know, not so much with him, but this issue,
but I am not ready to present it to you all the,
the sort of a comprehensive
approach to this issue, dealing with mortality and the deaths that we have.
So
I
agreed to get involved to help with this particular bill because this does fit
into the overall scheme of things that I'm gonna
present to y'all and it won't be this session.
We just don't have enough time it's probably gonna be next session.
But, but I want to say that to everyone that,
that I'm committed to passing the house bill,
you know. And so I'm gonna request the
rose chair
if he would next, I mean, Thursday,
if you'll put my bill and hers on there, he was on there
and then I'm gonna move to, uh, pass his bill,
the senator, uh, sitting over there that,
that's so graciously sitting behind.
You know, we, we try not to call names on the mic. He
has a very
good, good friendly amendment
that he shared with me regarding that bill.
So I, I Senator, I just had to give you all the information.
Then I'll, I'll, if, ok, Mr President, I'll,
I'll yield to him for whatever purposes that he has.
-- All -- right, Senator Stutts, thank you, Mr President.
If you're carrying this over today, we can discuss it later. I just
didn't want it to get on the fast track without talking about it
if you're carrying it over. I don't have anything else to discuss with you right now.
-- All -- right. And when we come back
there
graciously yield to you to give you a chance and share dialogue if you
feel necessary when we, as we try to get that bill out of here.
Thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you. So, at this time, I just moved, uh, if
-- it's in order to carry the bill over. All right. All -- those in favor say, ah,
-- any opposed all Senate bill 256 is carried over. Thanks, Senator -- Smith.
Thank you and thank you memos.
All right, secretary called next bill
on page 27 of the calendar house bill number 253 by Representative Brown.
Regarding the state port authority br pending
-- figures. Thank you, -- Mr President.
I'd like to move to adopt the BRR for HB 253 used in previous role.
All right, any objection
here. None. So ordered
all Briton
Mr Williams
34
a 34 hours here and a CPR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 27 of the calendar house bill number 253 by Representative Brown.
Regarding the state port authority,
Mr President,
I call for final passage of HB 253 using
previous role without objection.
All right, any objection,
no
sword,
Straw Britain Mr Williams
34 0 and a S House Bill 253 passes.
-- Thank you, -- Mr President and thank you members of the
Senate.
Thank you, Senator Figures Secretary call the next bill
on page 17 of the calendar
Senate bill number 186 by Senator Orr relating to rank choice voting. BR pending
-- Senator Orr -- Mr President move a Dobson Brr using the previous role.
All right, any objection
here. No, so ordered straw Briton Mr Williams
34 hours zero and H CPR is adopted
secretary called the bill
on page 17 of the calendar. Senate bill number 186 by Senator Orr.
Regarding ranked choice voting,
-- Mr President, I have -- an amendment.
All right. Secretary Reed and received the amendment.
Oh, wow.
Amendment to Senate Bill 186 by Senator Orr replace lines five through eight
on page one with the following under existing law electors who vote by.
So, uh, thank you, Mr President. The, uh
this just amends the uh synopsis.
Uh The synopsis is we have ranked choice voting in the state.
We don't, I've talked to the Secretary of State. He's very adamant.
The amendment actually comes from the secretary of state's office.
Uh He wrote me a letter saying we don't have ranked choice uh in the state.
What we do have is is if there are five positions opened
and uh for say, a five county commissioner somewhere and you vote,
uh and the top five vote getters are your new county commission.
In other words,
you got 10 candidates,
the top five vote getters of the,
of the 10 candidates would be elected as county commissioners.
That's not ranked choice choice voting.
Ranked choice voting is when I vote for candidate A is my first place pick.
I vote for candidate B is my second place pick. Candidate c my third place.
And then they take the,
the number value of a third place is not as good as the first place.
They add it all up. And then you get um
the final runoff candidates out of that based on
your numerical value that voters give you terribly confusing.
A lot of voters waste their vote because they don't understand it.
They'll vote for their favorite candidate
and not vote 2nd, 3rd, 4th or fifth and they waste all those lower priority votes. So
the Secretary of State's office is very much for this bill uh to not have it.
And what's interesting is you find that ranked choice voting is
somewhat a bipartisan issue.
I've got articles up here where the N A AC P is complaining about it.
The uh Republicans are complaining about it that people complain about it.
So that's the reason I think it's a wise thing for us to do here in the state.
-- I'd move adoption of the amendment using the previous role, Mr President. -- All
right. Any objection
hearing none. So ordered straw
and Mr Williams
34 eyes uh zero A the Senator or amendments adopted
-- this time, Mr President, you move third reading, um using -- the previous role.
All right, Senator Roberts, did you wanna?
Ok. Any objection
hearing none. So ordered
straw. Britton
Mr Williams
34 hours here in a Senate bill 186 passes. Thank you. Senator or
secretary called next bill in the calendar
on page 36 the calendar Senate bill 128 by Senator Nelson.
Regarding the Public Health Department, State Board of health, the hour pending.
-- Mr President Senator -- Nelson. I'd like to move the BR using previous
row.
All right. Any objection?
All right, hearing
no. So ordered
straw written Mr Williams
34 hours zero. And AC BR is adopted the secretary called the bill
on page 36 of the calendar Senate bill number 128 by Senator Nelson.
Relating to the Public Health Department, State Board of Health.
Mr President
Senator Nelson, I'd like to offer a substitute.
All right. Secretary Reed and received the, uh, substitute police.
Not
much.
Oh, ok.
Yes.
Yeah,
positive.
They made themselves.
Uh huh.
That's what,
yeah, I'm
sorry,
I had to write and just handed you the wrong one,
same thing. Substitute for Senate Bill 128 by Senator Nelson.
All right. Any objection.
All
right, hearing none. So ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams.
I
think it's 34 hours here. And now you see Senator Nelson substitutes adopted.
All right, Senator Nelson
Mr President, um,
under existing law, the Medical Association,
the State of Alabama is the State Board of Health.
They only meet one time a year and, uh,
what this bill does is just abolish the State Board of Health
and instead their duties will be carried over to the,
uh,
uh, uh,
State Committee of Public Health, which will be, and, and from then on,
uh, be the one that carries out the, the duties, uh, right now, the,
the way that would be,
um,
the State Health Officer will be appointed. We're changing that up.
Uh, what we're gonna do is, um, have a physician from each of the
congressional districts.
And then also there'll be a designee from the governor, lieutenant governor,
the, uh, Speaker of the House
and the Pro TIMS office. So those would be the appointing for the other four seats
and then the others will pretty much stay the same where we have the council of
different councils of the state appointing a member
and then, which will be a variety of things such as a dentist,
a engineer
uh which would deal in public health issues
such as sewers issues and things like that.
Then there'll be also like a cost effective analysis.
Uh That group would appoint somebody
and then uh there's one more and um
I think that,
do you remember which one that was Senator Stutts?
We talked about that the dental health, animal, environmental health,
uh preventive disease and medicine group and then uh
cost administration and organizations, they would also appoint one.
Uh these, these
individuals would appoint one or send.
Actually, they would have sent over a list of names to the governor
and the governor then would pick from that list and we
would have uh them in charge of appointing the health officer.
I know there was a lot of concerns during
COVID and other things about the Public Health Officer
and his uh the
function of his duties and there was not a feeling of accountability.
Actually, he didn't make any decisions without going by the COVID-19
uh, task force. But however,
uh, in case there is some other action where the Public Health Officer,
uh, they feel like there is, uh, inappropriate action or questionable action.
Uh, then the governor, lieutenant governor
pro TEM of the speaker
can send over an inquiry
and that inquiry would determine, uh, the, what would cause the, uh,
public Health, uh,
the Committee of Public Health to meet and
determine if his actions were appropriate or inappropriate.
So, what he tried to do is just get like a peer review of the state health officer
just like you would for a physician that worked at a hospital
or any other organization.
And, uh,
then they would report back saying if his
actions were appropriate or inappropriate at that time.
And, uh, uh,
based on their recommendation, he could be punished removed or whatever,
uh,
or could just actually concur with his decision and state that it was appropriate.
Uh, and that's pretty much it.
I'll be glad to entertain my colleague for any questions.
I think he has a friendly amendment.
Mr President
Senator Stotts.
Uh, I have an amendment actually, uh, that makes, uh,
changes in four different places, but I've considered it as one amendment.
All right. Secretary re received the amendment, please
think.
Yeah.
Amendment to Senate Bill 128 by Senator Stutts.
Replace lines 126 to 131 on page five with the following
number,
replace line 182 on page seven with the following
replace lines 192 through 196 on page seven with the following
replace line 243 on page nine with the following
you
stop.
Um,
Senator, uh,
uh, I
think you're looking at those amendments as well and, uh,
I know you and I talked about, uh, at the first one,
at length of, uh,
what the makeup should be and putting some guidelines on who they should appoint.
And, uh,
uh,
I think somebody in family medicine and then somebody that practices obstetrics
and gynecology with the issues we have with maternal health and,
uh, sexually transmitted diseases. Uh, I think that would be a good addition to the,
uh, uh,
as a member of the committee.
But then the other thing, the next amendment is simply, uh, correcting the numbers,
uh, where a line was changed because of the following section which was section two.
the amendment is completely deleting that about the $5000 bond.
Uh,
I, I think that's outdated. There's no reason for that.
I mean, and if, if we have to have a bond, it certainly needs to be more than $5000.
Uh, if you're looking at, uh,
not performing the duties of this office
and then the, uh,
the last Amendment, uh, I thought the word simply didn't make sense. There
said emergency
rule order outbreak or directive. And I thought the
word outbreak just didn't make any sense at all in that sentence. So deleting that,
I, I would agree.
I'm still looking at the uh
second one on line 182
the second amendment,
that's simply correct in the uh uh orders beca I mean the numbers because uh
section two under that
is completely deleted by the amendment about the bond.
So that had to move the numbers up one,
I guess. So.
Uh, that, that's just a typographical correction because section two was deleted.
All right. Thank you. I'd
-- like, -- uh, and, and so I'd like to offer those amendments,
uh, using the previous role.
All right, any rejection
here.
No. So
ordered
straw
Mr Williams.
Thank you, Senator Studs.
All right. 34 hours, uh, zero news.
The Senator Stutts amendments adopted before we move on.
I recognize some special guests in the gallery.
I, when I call your name, if y'all could please stand,
they're the guest of Senator Livingston,
uh, Philip and Ky Thompson. If y'all could please stand.
Welcome to a Atlanta Senate.
Oh,
all right. Senator,
-- does my colleague have anything else? Oh, -- yes.
I, I just wanted to say thank you to a lot of people.
You particularly, but I know Senator
Van Senator Weaver, several people have worked extensively on this and,
uh, uh, you know,
it's an issue that several of us have been looking at for several years now.
And, uh, I'm glad to see something moving in this direction.
So, uh, uh,
thank you, members of the body.
-- Yeah, I -- agree. I, I appreciate
Senator Weaver, I think wants to speak and also Senator
Dan from
their great
thanks to ST
Senator Weaver.
Senator Nelson. I just want to echo that. And you and Senator Gavan
have worked so hard on this and I appreciate
you letting me be a part of the conversation.
I know, um, a
lot of people have been working on this and I think
it's been said that when everybody doesn't get what they want,
we have a good piece of legislation and
thank you for your work. I think you do have a good piece of legislation.
-- Well, -- thank you very much. Uh, and again,
Senator Govan
sitting down and,
but he had a lot to do with this and I
appreciate your input and working with us to find a solution.
So,
anyway, with that, I'd like to move for
uh
final passages in previous row.
All right. Any objection
here.
No. So ordered
straw Britain
Mr Waves
34 0,
a center bill 128 passes. Thanks, Senator Nelson. Thank you
secretary called next bill
on page 35 of the calendar house bill number 69
by Representative mccampbell regarding the
controlled substance prescription database.
They are pending
President
four for BR You
Road without objection.
All right, any objection
here.
None. So ordered
Mr All Britain, Mr Williams 3434 0. AC BR is a secretary called the bill
on page 35 of the,
of the calendar house bill number 69 by Representative mccampbell.
Regarding the controlled substance database,
Mr President, I think that this is a bill that been worked out between
uh the dental board, uh Representative mcc Campbell's and others.
Uh This bill under current state law,
physicians may designate two delegates in the office
of Employee to assess the Alabama prescription drug monitoring
data
base to determine information to ensure
the
prior
priority
of prescribing uh drugs for individual patients.
The bill will extend the authority to designate two delegates
to dentist uh just like any other physician.
Um
I think this is agreed upon bill and with that Mr President, I,
I would like to move for final passage.
You a pretty wrote without objection.
Any objection
hearing.
No. So order
Straw Briton
Mr Williams
34 0, no
um
House Bill 69 passes. Thanks Senator Singleton
Secretary, call next bill
on page 54 of the calendar Senate bill number 225 by Senator Gudger and Weaver.
Regarding state symbols. They are appendix.
Senator Gudger.
Thank you, Mr President. Uh I'd like to make a motion to move the Brr.
Would you like to use previous role he previous role, that objection?
All right, any objection.
All right, hearing none. So
ordered strawberry
Mr Williams,
I killing
34 I zero and A that the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 54 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 225 by Senators Gudger and Weaver regarding state symbols.
All right, Senator Gudger,
this is one of the greatest bills that we've put through here this year so far,
talking about our state symbols.
Uh, the native state grass, the little blue stem
it's found in North Alabama all the way down to the plains,
to the wiregrass and all the way to towards the beach.
It fosters healthier Alabama ecosystems combats Alabama's
challenges regarding drought conditions and soil erosion
offers animal shelter,
even food sources,
aesthetic benefits.
And uh we've been working on this with the College Republican Federation of Alabama
that asked me to carry this bill for him to we'll show the process.
So uh
having said that uh I'll yield and let my colleague talk across the way. Also.
You left out great quell habitat. Thank you very much.
-- All right, Senator Singleton. Yeah, -- Mr President.
So you're trying to make this grass this state grass. That's correct.
Yes, sir.
What make it better than all the other grass?
Just God given grass. There's been somebody gonna cut it.
That's been good studies, the aesthetics of it, flowers and blooms,
fruits and seeds, educ
benefits and maintenance is low. Can you smoke it?
No,
that's a different type of grass.
What does it look like? It's tall? It's about 2 to 4 ft tall.
It spreads out about a foot and a half to 2 ft. Well, you
can eat it.
Well, I say that, well, they're seeds. So you're not really able to eat it.
But the animals can, because it produces seeds. I'm sure
I don't eat all grass.
That's it. Part of it.
But anything from butterflies, I'll tell you what,
you know, what really bothers me about this.
I mean,
I understand that the people here on my back shoulders from the wild grass area.
I know it's grown in that area.
They, they think that's God country down there, right?
But I know the black belt is really God's country.
Y'all just overlook us because y'all think that we, we so poor.
We don't, nobody want nothing come out of the black belt. But that's where,
that's where the really good grass grown and the black. But
let me just say this to you.
We've had some embarrassments on this state state naming state stuff.
Somebody named the state whiskey one time and we got embarrassed by it.
Uh We had something else named the state B or something.
We got embarrassed by it because all we get embarrassed by naming all this stuff,
the state, whatever and they come back to bite us.
The little blue
bag.
I don't think that's gonna come back to buy this little blue stem is a good one.
That's a good one. We always look bad. No,
no, we're gonna look good. What was the name of that Whiskey connectors
or something like that?
That boot, boot.
Yes. What was it?
Yeah. Remember straight Joe Little whiskey
made out the steel,
straight moonshine.
Exactly. Well, you know, we turn around and it wasn't even legal. Hit us in the face.
I think it's good now. I think they, you know, they, they, they develop it now but
it hit us back in the face.
You know,
every time we try to name something after that it is an official state Cymbal.
How many state symbols do we have?
We got a state bird, we got a state flag, we got state grass. Now we gonna have,
we gonna have state B, we have the state worm,
we got the state.
What else?
Grass? I believe
honey bees. I know we have to say honey bee.
I'm all in on that. By the way. I remember to stay honey bees, man.
I
go to bluegrass but don't go to wiregrass.
I'm getting started about that
cookie
and cake
and yet the sweet potato with a steak vegetable.
And you back up here again. So you the state guy. Now you the state state symbol guy.
You, you Mr
Alabama, who now you Mr Alabama all Alabama is
g,
he just go all over the state name and stuff, the state, whatever it is.
A lot of research has been put into this to make sure it's the right one for us
that's saw grass.
How did you get to be
thing?
Uh The studies that they put together, man,
they said this is the native grass and there's not many native,
you know,
Mr Pro
Tim came up here and asked us today
not to just try to hold things up. But let's try to get through this calendar here.
He is on some grass that
called me to ST my first.
Don't be doing that.
We can celebrate this. We can celebrate this together.
What are we celebrating?
The official state? Grams
wide grass.
Listen, if you, if you kill this bill, we're gonna have to call you round up.
So we're gonna have to call you from now.
Well, you might have to do that.
You might have to do that.
This,
I just, I just, I, I just, I just hope that, you know,
I don't have to round you up
on the rest of this calendar.
So,
so you've had
to whom you're doing this bill for again?
Uh The college Republican Federation of Alabama.
So college students had been through the ecosystems and found the best
Alabama grasp and they wanted to go through the legislative process.
Are these students that, that's studying botany or something
all over for the ecosystems? Yeah. So they're going,
uh looked at all the different ones came out with little blue stem.
I got a report they had sent to us. I don't know if you want me to really?
So the blue stem has
had
what is supposed to have more,
more usage for the blue stem.
They just cutting it
widely used all the way through the state. Uh That flowers has a perfect
market. It
can we sell it? Can we get a return on investment in the state?
Can we use it as a agaa, a AAA product?
It's aesthetics and so you can put it in landscaping so that it is sellable.
So you're able to syllable sell,
sell,
sell.
I thought it was like a seal of brain free erosion or something. What about
Kazu? It goes all over everywhere, man. What about
Kazu? Why don't we have the ST
stay, we
Kazu.
I'll come back with that next week.
Yeah, I know next week,
man, man, man. All right. I
guess I'll let you have your grass in the day. You're a good man.
Haven't said that I'll make the final passage uh using previous role,
that objection.
All right. Any objection
here. None.
So
ordered
straw. Breton,
Mr Williams
33 eyes one day
Senate Bill 225 passes. Congratulations, Senator Gotcher.
Thank you, Mr President. All right, secretary call the next bill
on page 35 of the calendar house bill number 70 by Representative mccampbell.
Regarding the board of dental examiners of Alabama,
they are pending,
Mr President. I sign
-- to move the br used to prove the road without objection. All right, any -- objection
hearing. None. So ordered
Mr Albritton,
Mr Williams
all 34 I zero A. Uh the pr is adopted secretary called the Bill
page 35 of the calendar house Bill number 70 by Representative mccampbell.
Regarding the board of dental examiners,
-- Senator -- Singleton,
Mr President,
uh Representative mccampbell approached the board of dental examiners
to help with the situation in this district where large
employers wanted to have a health fair
uh for its employees.
One of the issue was that the dentist
from Mississippi was prepared to provide free dental care
but did not have an Alabama license.
Representative mccammon asked for the creation of
a special volunteer license for dentists and hygienists
uh
license in good standing
in another state to be able to work
over in Alabama.
So the special license
are valid for 15 to 30 days
uh period for twice a year.
This bill,
uh
this bill is a product of the work
of uh represent M Campbell and the board of dental examiners,
all dental records created from the special license must be kept in Alabama
with the Alabama licensed dentist.
The bill creates a nominal fee for special licenses.
The bill anticipate charging 20 to $25 for the fee
right in Sumpter County on that area where there's not a lot of
pediatric dentists or dentists in that area.
They use Mississippi, they go across the border to use Mississippi
for their doctor office. So what they did was was one to come in and be able to uh
do a health fair for, for the employer in that area and their Children.
And so with that,
uh because they weren't Alabama license, they weren't able to come over and do it.
So,
but this bill is create that special license for them to just be able to do it for.
It will only last 15 to 30 days while they do the health fair and all of the, the, um,
the records will be kept with a, a
licensed Alabama dentist in the state of Alabama for further treatment for those,
for those kids or, or those patients.
Mr President
Senator Stutts,
um,
Senator, I, I have a, uh, don't have a copy of the bill right here.
So I apologize for jumping up without being completely prepared about it.
But I'm trying to remember from committee.
Does this bill also increase the licensing fee?
No.
Uh,
what it does is charge a minimum licensing fee of 25 to
$30 for them to come over and do it for that day?
-- Ok. No other impact on -- licenses. No, it doesn't. No, just for that special
license.
Ok. All right.
Thank you.
If there's no other question Mr President, would that I would do for
third
be dispensed
with, without objection
or any objection?
None. So ordered
Mr All Briton Mr Williams
34 0 a house bill 70 passed. So Senator Singleton, that's the fastest.
I've heard anyone do that since I've been lieutenant governor.
All right, secretary called next bill
on page 28 of the calendar Senate bill number 234 by Senator Gavan
and others. Regarding public contracts pr pending
Sir,
Van Thank you, Mr President.
So I would move the br using previous role without objection.
All right, any objection here. None. So ordered straw Brit and Mr Williams
uh
34 IC and A used to be our adopted secretary called the Bill
on page 28 of the calendar Senate bill number 234 by Senator Gin
and others regarding public contracts.
Ba
Mr President,
what this bill does is it allows the counties
in the state of Alabama to have a building,
a public building authority on the same
uh standard that a uh municipality already can
uh with that peak the uh this bill uh
piqued the interest of the uh league of municipalities.
There's also another provision that's was referenced in this and the,
and the league wanted it uh clear
uh on an amendment that their purchases um
dealing with their purchases between a municipality and a governmental entity.
So I do have an amendment.
All right, Secretary Reed and received the amendment.
Well,
amendment two Senate bill 234 by Senator
Gavan
replace line 148 on page six with the following
SAB,
but this time I would uh, if there are no questions,
I'd move adoption of the amendment uh using previous role without objection.
All right, any objection
hearing.
No. So
ordered
Strawberry Mr Williams
34 Eyes here and a um,
the Senator
Gin
amendments adopted
Shin
Gam.
Does the Senator from Hale have any questions about this?
So if, if there are no particular questions, I would move a final passage using
34 Eyes here in a center bill 234 pass as amended. Thanks, Senator Gam.
Thank you, Mr President.
All right, secretary called next bill
on page 52 of the calendar Senate bill 275 by Senator Nelson and Sessions.
Regarding to agriculture authorities br pending
Senator Nelson.
Thank you, Mr President. I'd like to move the BR used in previous row. All right.
Any objection
hearing? None. So ordered straw bri and Mr Williams
34 hours zero.
Nays the BR is adopted secretary called the bill on
page 52 of the calendar Senate bill number 275 by Senators
Mel Nelson and Sessions
regarding agriculture authorities,
-- Mr President, I'd like to offer a substitute. -- Um
All right, Secretary Reed and received the substitute police
substitute for Senate Bill 275 by Senator Nelson.
-- I'd like to move -- the past the substitute using previous row or
any objection
hearing.
None. So ordered
Mr
and Mr Williams
34 Eyes here and a, uh, the Senator Nelson substitutes adopted.
All
-- right, Senator Nelson -- Thank you, Mr President.
Uh, all this did was have a little house cleaning. We got a
G's opinion
on where the revenue,
uh,
could be spent and all this did was clean that up and I'd like
to move for final passage unless somebody has a question using previous role.
All right. Any objection
here. No.
So
order
Straw
and Mr Williams.
Thank you. 24 hours zero and a Senate bill 275 passes. Thanks, Senator Nelson
Secretary called next bill
on page 45 of the calendar house bill number
275 by Representative Almond regarding indigent defense br pending
Mr President
uh uh as for unanimous consent, use Peter's
role for the past
-- hour. All right, -- any objection
here. Non, so
order Straw Briton Mr Williams,
right?
34 hours zero in
the B Rs adopted secretary called the bill
on page 45 of the calendar Senate
House bill number 275 by Representative Allman regarding
indi indigent defense,
Mr President.
Thank you. Uh Th
this bill is uh uh it's
designed to increase the energy defense compensation
right now. The compensation which it has not been
uh addressed for. I had a number of years down here but uh is at $70 an hour
and what it does, it raises it
up to 120 an hour
uh for an adjustment. And let me just say this to everybody in here.
Anybody in here who is a lawyer.
Uh, you're not gonna get them to work for you for 100 and $20 an hour.
I promise you that.
So this is these people, this is just badly covering their expenses
and trying to keep up with times from the last I know about 10 or 12 years since
it's been adjusted. So this is what it is for in the defense fund.
And of course, I have some sheets as well you can look at
and it just talks about it caps it off,
uh, at, uh, class A felonies and class B felonies and C's and D's,
it is also a cap on it.
And the amount for class B si mean class A is reduced to $100 an hour.
And, uh, the, the 120 is for capital murder
and the class B is reduced to $80 an hour.
So it's, it's, you're talking about $80 an hour, which is really not much money,
but anybody have any questions if you don't.
Then Mr President, I
asked
him
his previous role for filing passage.
-- All right, -- any objection
here.
None. So ordered
Shaw
Britain. Mr Williams
34
-- is here in a house bill 275 passes. Thank -- you, Mr President. Thank you members.
Smooth
Secretary call the next bill
on page 63 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 251 by Senator Jones regarding public investments.
They are pending. Senator
Jones.
Thank you, Mr President move adoption of the br using previous role,
that objection.
All right. Any objection
hearing? None so ordered
Mr All written, Mr Williams
34 0.
The
er, is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 63 of the calendar Senate bill
number 251 by Senator Jones regarding public investments,
Mr President
Senator Jones,
this bill has to do with investments in prohibited Chinese uh entities
and those that are on a black list.
If there are no questions about our move for final passages in previous role.
All right, any objection
hearing
none. So
ordered
Star
Briton Mr Williams.
Yeah,
34 hours zero and a Senate bill 251 passes. Thanks, Senator Jones.
Thank you, Mr President. All right. Secretary call next bill
on page 62 of the calendar Senate bill number 208 by Senator Kelly.
Regarding the social work examiners br pending
Mr President
Mood for adoption br by previous rule. All right. Any objection
hearing none. So ordered
straw, Bri
Mr Williams
34 hours here. And a the EBR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 62 of the calendar Senate bill number 208 by Senator Kelly.
Regarding social work examiners,
Mr President
Senator Kelly,
uh this bill is a interstate combat bill that's military friendly.
It helps us to adjust the licenses from
one state to another for our military personnel
without objection. I move for adoption by previous rule. Any objection
hearing none so ordered
Char
Briton Mr Williams
34 eyes. No, nas
SB 208 receives its final passage.
Thank
you,
Mr
Kelly. Thank you, Mr President Secretary.
Call the next bill in the special order calendar
on page 22 of the calendar. House bill number 101 by Representative Clark.
Regarding elections br pending
senator
chasing
Mr President.
You reckon. I'd like to use the uh previous role to adopt the br
without objections. Any objection
hearing none sorted
straw
Mr Williams
34 hours. No Nas BRS adopted secretary called the bill
on page 22 of the calendar House bill
number 101 by Representative Clark relating to elections.
Senator chasing.
Thank you, Mr President.
This bill would update Alabama's list of reimbursement
eligible election expenses to better reflect today's cost
of administering elections at the local level.
If there are no questions,
I move for final passages in the previous role without objections.
Any objection
hearing none sorted
straw Briton
Mr Webbs
34 hours. No days. Hb 101 receives its final passage. Thank you, Senator Chaste.
Thank you, Mr President Secretary call the next bill on the special order calendar
on page 29 of the calendar.
Senate Bill 233 by Senator Coleman Madison regarding mortgages. BR pending
Senator Coleman Madison.
-- I like to move br using previous -- roles. Any objection
here.
We've got an objection secretary called the long roll,
Mr Al Britton,
Mr Allen
Mr Bar
for
Mr Beasley.
Hm
Mr Bell,
Mr Butler,
Mr Carnley,
Mr Chambliss.
Yeah,
Mister Chastain,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliot,
Miss
Figures,
Mr
Govan,
Mr Gudger
mister Hatcher,
Mr Hovey,
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly,
Mr
Kitchens,
Mr Livingston.
Mister Nelson
Mr Orr
as a
Mr Price.
Yeah.
Fail
that
Mr Reed,
Mr Roberts,
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shell
Nut
Mr Singleton.
But
mhm
Mr Scherer
Chan was on
all
alone
Mr Stewart.
Uh
yeah,
Mr Stutz,
Mr Wagner
that
Miss Waver
Mr Williams.
Yeah.
No, it's not that
everything.
Yes,
you have to do
so.
12 eyes, 12 nays
two abstentions. The br fails
-- point of personal -- privilege, please.
You're recognized for a point of personal privilege.
Well, we were rocking and bowling
really good going on. Everybody's bill passing
both for some of the things that I did not agree with. Just kind of let it go
and I appreciate you all voting your conscience,
but just for the record, let me just explain what this bill was about.
Uh not that you all don't know it because I know who my
opposition was uh against this bill.
But the point is is that they have not done
anything to move the needle forward to help people.
This is a bill about funding and the Housing
Trust Fund which the state of Alabama already has established
and the Housing Trust fund would put money in
a fund to help people who want to get in homes.
I know that this is one of the governor's initiative as far as housing,
workforce housing.
This too is a workforce housing initiative.
And in as much as we've already established this fund, but we never funded it.
What this bill would have done was to add right now, if you purchase property
and you filed in the probate, it is 15 cents per $100.
This adds another 15 cents to it to make it 30 cents. So that,
that money would be used for a statewide distribution
to help people all over the state.
Now, not too long ago, we had
a tornado that went from one end of the state to the other
and I'm a licensed realtor as well.
And I certainly felt that this bill would help people cause one of the things,
the obstacles that I had as a licensed realtor is in
helping people to get in the home was the fact that
down payment assistance just coming up with that.
I know first time homeowner myself when I purchased first house $500 I had to borrow.
That was a gap financing.
And so this is paid by the person who purchases the
home because they are the one that's paying that extra money.
So this would have helped a lot of people.
And it's sad, of course, you all voted your own conscience.
But it's sad that there are forces that are out there that are work against
the people of Alabama and this is not a vote against Senator Coleman Madison.
This is a vote against the people of Alabama and your constituency.
So I hope that those of you who voted against it,
I hope that those who worked on the outside against it
that you step up to the plate.
Now to help us fill this gap to help citizens and help Alabama families.
Thank you, Mr Chairman. Thank you members.
Thank you, Senator Coleman Madison,
Mr President,
Senator Elliott
over personal privilege. Do you recognize
I wanted to address the gentle lady from uh Jefferson
because my name's on her bill as well and,
and it reads Comey Madison Smith
and Elliott.
And I wanted to simply say I appreciate where she is coming from
as it relates to um affordable housing and specifically workforce housing,
something that we are going to work through in this chamber.
And so I appreciate the work that you're you are doing this, this bill moved through
uh our committee uh that we both serve on.
Um but there were concerns obviously about the increased cost of it
and I think you saw the results of those concerns today,
but I do appreciate your work on this issue
and I will continue to work with you on this issue
as I was working with you on this one and I appreciate your efforts.
Thank you, Mr President.
Thank you Senator Elliott Secretary call the
next bill in the special order calendar.
I'll page 36 of the counter senate bill number 37 by
Senator Allen regarding the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act br pending
Senator Allen.
Yes, sir, Mr President,
I move the tops from the br
using some previous
use a
long
long road.
Thank you,
Straw Britain
Mr Allen. Hi
Mr Barfoot.
Mr Beasley.
Mr Bell,
Mr Butler,
Mr Carnley.
Yeah.
Right,
Mr Chambliss,
Mr Chastain,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliot
J
Miss Figures,
Mr G,
I can't right now,
Mr Gager,
Mr Hatcher,
Mr Hovey.
Hi
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly,
Mr
Kitchens,
Mr Livingston,
Mr Nelson,
Mr Orr
Mr Price,
Mr Reid,
uh uh
Mr Roberts,
I was
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shell Nut,
Mister Singleton,
Mr Serman
Mr Stewart,
Mr ST
Mister Wagner,
Miss Waver
Mr Williams
26 eyes four. Nays BRS adopted secretary call the bill
on page 36 of the calendar Senate bill number 37
by Senator Allen regarding the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act,
Mr President
Senator Allen. Yes, sir.
Under the existing law, the Alabama Clean Indoor
Air Act prohibits the, the smoking of tobacco products
in most public places. And at public meetings,
this piece of legislation
will prohibit the smoking of electronic
nicotine delivery system in the same manner
as the smoking of tobacco products is prohibited. So,
uh,
any questions, uh, otherwise we
move to do
from using a previous role, any objection
hearing none. Sworded straw. Bri
Mr Williams
26 eyes four A's
uh SB 3037 receives his final passage. Thank you, Mr
Allen.
Secretary. Call the next bill in the special order calendar
on page 33 of the calendar house bill number 87 by Representative Brown.
Regarding airport authorities br pending
Mr President Senator figures you recognize?
Yes. Ah, I seem to be handling the bills for the ports today in mobile.
-- So, ah I moved for the adoption of the Bir using previous role. -- Any objection
hearing none. Oh, got an objection. It's called the Long Roll,
Mr Al Briton,
Mr Allen.
Mr Barfoot.
Mr Beazley
Mr Bell,
Mr Butler.
This
one is
not
from
science, from
head
your check button,
Mr Carley
Mr Chambliss,
Mr Chastain,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mister Elliott
M Figures,
Mr
Cavan,
Mister Gudger,
Mr Hatcher,
Mr Hovey,
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly,
Mr
Kitchens,
Mr Livingston,
Mr Nelson
Mr Orr
Mr Price,
Mr Reed,
Mr Roberts,
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shell
Nut,
Mr Singleton,
I
Mr
Selman
Mr Stewart
Mr Stutts,
Mr Wagner,
Miss Waver
Mr Williams,
but
30
no nays
30 I's no nays BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 33 of the calendar house bill
number 87 by Representative Brown regarding airport authorities,
committee amendment pending
Senator Figures,
Mr President,
I'd like to move the adoption of the
-- committee amendment using previous role without -- objection.
Any objection
hearing none. So ordered
straw Briton mister Williams,
30 eyes, no days committees
adopted
rolling the bill.
Senator figures
make a
Mr President.
I'd like to move for final passage of HB 87 reading
it link to be dispensed with using previous role without objection,
objection
hearing. None. So ordered straw Britten
Mr Williams.
30
hours,
30 eyes, no nays. One
of abstention. HB 87 receives its final passes. Thank you Senator Figures.
-- Thank you Mr -- President and thank you members of the Senate
Secretary called the next bill on the special order calendar
on page 17 of the calendar Senate bill number 88 by Senator Weaver.
Regarding the Alabama Fire College br pending Senator Weaver.
Um I'd like to move the br used in previous role. That objection. Any objection
here, none sorted
straw Britain,
Mr Williams,
30 eyes. No, nos one abstention, abstention secretary called the bill
very
on page 16 of the calendar. Senate bill number 88 by Senator Weaver.
Regarding the Alabama Fire College committee amendment pending.
This is a workforce bill and we have increased the um commission to eight.
I have an amendment
that was offered in the committee.
Um It was a compromise that we worked to add an additional.
Yes, we'll read and receive the amendment.
I'm to.
Ok.
Yes. So it's a committee amendment. So I'd like to adopt the committee amendment
using previous role with no objection,
-- objection. We got an objection. -- I need to know what the committee amendment
does
he want
to
ask by the
committee
amendment was part of a negotiation. The bill added an eighth member. The,
there was some discussion and we worked it out.
The uh volunteer fire department we added and it brought the eighth member.
They didn't want to get the board out of a
line with what it is.
So we added 1/9 member for professional firefighters to keep everything in line.
You can go
back.
I just want to know,
ok,
Cinder Allen, you recognize
now, just go ahead and vote on this amendment and I love to speak just a sec,
ok, Senator Weaver renewing your motion.
Any objection,
the long rule
straw Britain
Mr Allen,
Mr Barfoot.
Um
Mr Beazley
Mister Bell,
Mr Butler,
Mr Corley,
Mr Chambliss
mister Chaste.
So
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliott,
MF
Mr
Givan,
Mr
Geyer,
Mr Hatcher,
Mr Hovey,
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly,
Mr
Kitchens,
Mr Livingston
Mister Nelson.
Ok.
Good
Mr Orr
Mister Price
Mr Reed,
ok.
That
Mr Roberts
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shell Nut,
Mister Singleton,
Mr Smer,
Mister Stewart.
They are
Mr Sts
Mr Wagner,
Miss Weaver,
Mr Williams
the heart
that
is good.
23 is four nays.
Uh The committee been mis
AOP
we're on the bill.
Mr President
Cinder Allen,
I'm not gonna filibuster. So I just wanted to just make a comment um
back in 2012.
Back in 2012, the fire college was connected with Shelton State Junior College
of course, we, we passed a piece of legislation,
bring out the Alabama Fire College out from Shelton State Junior College
and let it stand independently
on its own
in the, uh,
junior college system
that then
the, uh, fire college has been operating in such a manner that each one of you,
all of us, all the citizen of Alabama,
including all the volunteers, all the professionals, firefighters
very pleased on how the co uh the fire college has been operating.
And, uh, and so that's,
that is just a very simple statement.
But uh
um
says in the act of, of uh 2012,
the Alabama fire college to clarify the
existence of the college as an independent institution
of post-secondary education under supervision and
control of the Alabama firefighters,
personnel standards and education commission.
And so the, the commission has been operating just fine
and, uh,
and I just want to make that statement and, uh,
and uh I'm just very pleased to know that uh
it's in great shape as it is.
They have done a tremendous job. And, um,
and uh I just uh
just want to come and make that statement because it's been working
ex exactly the way it was developed to operate.
So, thank you.
Thank you, Senator Allen. Senator Smitherman. You reckon us.
Thank you, uh
uh
Senator,
uh
I think you're doing a good job in bringing the bill. Let me just say that to you.
Uh, just giving a little further history.
Uh, the, the
fire college.
This is you, this is before you even got, well,
you might have been in the house but I know it before you got here,
the fire college recognize
and I'm really here to give them a compliment
because they recognize
the need to
get as many people involved as they could.
And they had a situation
where initially
they had that you had to go on this track
of, I don't know if y'all call it schooling, training or
you go through a step process that it probably took me about a year
or so
and they uh were gracious enough to in understanding, you know, to, to,
to draw from all the memos
to be able to open up that opportunity for all their members
and it allowed them to, to,
to get people trained and qualified and who was exposed
by the rules and procedures that they had set up.
So I just want to commend you for your bill and what you're doing
and I'm sure you can see the place of my comment and what the
bill is trying to do and, and, and with that, I yield back to you.
-- Thank -- you for your comments
with that. Um I'd like to um final passage, previous role, no objection,
any objection,
hear none. So
Straw Britton
Mr Williams
23 eyes four, Nays SB 88 receives its final passage. Thank you, Senator
Senator
Wagner A few minutes ago, we passed Senate Bill 37 by MS figures.
I had a, uh, amendment to that naming it the Vivian Davis Figures.
Clean Indoor Air Act.
Mr President, I'd like to move to reconsider the vote by which that bill passed.
All those in favor. Say I
oppose. All right, the bill is reconsidered.
Mr President. I have amendment to, uh,
hang
on
secretary. Call the bill.
Don't, don't call it, don't call it too.
Senator Wagner, you recognized for a moment of personal privilege?
Thank you. I think this is a very deserving amendment.
Uh, to name this the Vivian Davis figure Indoor Air Act.
She has worked tirelessly on this issue and I think it would be
very appropriate for the Senate to name this Senate bill number 37 by Senator Allen.
The uh,
Vivian Davis figure Indoor Air Act because of the tremendous
amount of work she's done for years on this issue.
So,
is it appropriate for,
is the bill back
will desk will read and receive the amendment? I have the amendment
amendment two Senate bill 37 by Senator Wagner
replace line 18 on page one with the following
replace lines 22 through 23 on page one with the following
Mr President
of adoption of the amendment
using previous roles,
previous role
objection.
It just names the bill.
All right.
Just
call the long roll
all Britain
Mr Allen.
Mr Barfoot,
Mr Beasley,
Mr Bell,
Mister Butler,
Mr Conley,
Mister Chambliss,
Mister Chastain,
Miss Coleman,
Miss Coleman Madison,
Mr Elliot
MF.
You got a vote on the
door,
Mr
Gavan
Mr Gudger,
Mr Hatcher,
Mr Hovey,
Mr Jones,
Mr Kelly
Mr
Kitchens,
Mr Livingston,
Mr Nelson
Mr Orr
Mr Price,
Mr Reid,
Mr Roberts,
Mr Sessions,
Mr Shell Nut,
Mr Singleton,
Mr Scherer,
Mr Stewart
Mr Stutt,
Mister Wagner,
Miss Waver
Mr Williams
31 eyes. No nays. The Senator
Wagner amendments adopted Mr President
Mr President
Senator
Wagner. I move that we repass Senate bill 37
as amended using the short role. Any objection
here, nuns ordered. Congratulations. Thank
you,
Straw Briton
Mr Williams
32 eyes. No nays sp 37 has received its second final passage.
-- Senator figures you recognize for a point -- of personal
privilege, point of
personal privilege. Thank you.
I just want to say thank you to all
of you and thank you Senator Wagner for bringing that
that amendment.
Senator Wagner and Senator Smitherman I think were the
only two senators who were here at the time witnessing
um us working on that bill and
well,
you all have heard the stories over time that I've told in getting that bill passed.
It took me six years to get that clean Indoor Air Act on
the calendar and I had done so much compromising with so many different groups
just as Representative Barbara Drummond is doing now with the vaping
bill and I can't wait until we bring HB 65 here
to pass as well. And she's having much of the same experience, ideas.
So I know how hard she's working.
But I just want to say that it's always been important to
me that all Alabamians have the right to breathe clean air.
And it doesn't hurt anyone for
anyone not to smoke,
but it hurts everyone within breathing distance for someone
to smoke with second hand and third hand smoke.
So
Senator,
the late Senator Jack Biddle had tried to pass
this amendment naming this act after me several times.
During that time.
In fact, one time I had to kill the bill myself because it was, it just went south.
But thank you all so much for giving me this honor. It means a lot to me
and I love all of you. Thank you,
Mr President Senator
Chablis.
-- I'll be recognized for a point of personal -- improvement. You recognize
m figures if, if you can hear me.
Um,
I am one of the ones who
she, she, if you can hear me, I developed pleurisy
from second hand indoor smoke.
I was 23.
I thought I was gonna die.
I went to my doctor, I told him what I was feeling how and it was on my left side.
So I thought it was my heart. I really thought I was having a heart attack
and
he went through a bunch of tests and things and then he asked me,
do you work somewhere? That they have smoking. And I said, yes, sir.
He said you have pleurisy. And I was like, what's that?
And it's a separation of the lining of the lung from the reaction to the smoke.
So
your bill, your effort
over time benefited me
and many, many, many others. So I just wanted to publicly say, thank you.
Thank you, Senator Chambliss, Senator
Allen.
You reckon us
back last fall. I was at my grandson's football game in, in Bibb
County.
I was sitting next to AAA
young man
vaping
and that's the genesis of what got the bill here today.
And uh and
high schools and middle schools across the state.
The administration,
the principals assistant principals has a huge issue
with young people vaping in in our schools.
And so this is a big issue
and so I just want to make that comment, Mr President. Thank you.
Thank you, Senator Allen.
All right, secretary call the next bill in the special order calendar
on page 12 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 141 by Senator Bell.
Regarding Saint Clair County pr pending Senator Bell president, motion for me.
I are using short row.
Any objection
hearing? None ordered
straw Britain
Mr Williams
32 eyes. No nays secretary called the bill
page 20 of the calendars
Bell number 141 by Senator Bell regarding Saint Clair County.
Mr
Senator be
this cleans up some language from the 2022 bill
that, um, keeps people voting in their correct districts for the school board
and where you're not voting in someone else's district
where you're not living or your Children are attending
as final passage. Previous role, give the objection.
Hear none ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams.
Shut up.
All right.
32 eyes. No. Nas sp 140 orange is his final package passage. Thank you, Senator Bell.
Secretary. Call the next bill in a special order calendar.
Ok.
All
right,
Senator Bell.
You make a motion for a uh adoption of the certification resolution.
All right,
I'll make a motion for that.
All right, using, all right,
-- local certification. -- All.
Uh if I, if I heard you right,
you made a motion to adopt the uh certification resolution using previous role.
Is that correct?
All right, any objection
here. No.
So ordered
straw Briton
Mr Williams
32 0 uh na
the certification resolutions adopted. Thanks, Senator Bell.
All secretary call the next bill
on page 31 of the calendar.
House bill number 15 by Representative Lipscomb relating
to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
BR pending
Senator Bell
motion for adoption to be our previous role. Any objection
hearing?
None. So ordered
Mr Al Briton
Mr Williams
32 0 A S. The B Rs adopted secretary called the bill
on page 31 of the calendar.
House bill number 15 by Representative Lipscomb leading
to the Department of conservation and natural resources.
Bell
Mr President. This will allow for the release of Black Bass back into the Kusa River
uh motion for final passage using short row and no objection,
any objection
here, none.
So ordered
Briton Mr Williams
32 0 na
um
House Bill 615 passes. Thanks, Senator Bell Secretary, call next bill
on page 60 of the calendar Senate Bill 244 by Senator
Weaver relating to the Board of Medical Examiners br pending.
I'd like to make a motion to pass the br using previous role. No objection.
Objection
hearing.
None. So
ordered
Straw Britain Mr Williams
32 I zero A CV R is adopted secretary called the bill
on page 60 of the calendar Senate bill number 244
by Senator Weaver relating to the Board of Medical Examiners,
Senator Weaver.
So this bill is one that we actually passed last year
and expedited license were added in the code last year and it
defines that in the code. However, the FBI will not allow Leah to conduct a
background check for expedited license for the board of medical examiners
applicants unless this category is defined in the statute.
So that is what we're doing today. If there are no questions I'd like to ask for
um final passage using previous role of no objection.
All right,
an objection
here.
None. So ordered
Straw
Mr Williams
32 0. Nays Senate Bill 244 passes.
Thanks, Senator Weaver Secretary called Nick's Bill
on page 12 of the calendars.
Bill number 142
by Senator Bell. Senator Bell Health City
Mr President Motion for A B I our previous role. Any objection
here, none. So ordered
straw Britain
Mr Williams
that
uh 33 is zero A S. The uh BRS adopted secretary called the bill
page 12 of the calendar.
Senate bill number 142 by Senator Bell relating to Pell City in Saint Clair County,
Senator Bell, Mr President.
This cleans up the Board of Education for the PLC school system
and a motion for final passage. Previous role. No objection. All
right, any objection
here.
No. So
ordered
straw Briton Mr Williams
33 0 and a Senate bill 142 passes.
All right, before we move on to the
next bill, if I can get y'all's attention.
All right, Senator recognized,
Mr President. Thank you for the, for the recognition
a
point of I would like to request a point of personal privilege. Recognized.
Thank you.
Uh, on
Wednesday, April 3rd.
Um, one of our
young deputies here in Montgomery County. Uh, Jamiah
Young, uh, perished in a
car accident.
It was a fatal crash.
And
what I'm hearing from Sheriff Cunningham who was here earlier, uh, today, our
Montgomery County sheriff,
is
he very much treated him
as a son.
Jeriah
was very young,
um,
joined the, ah, the force at age 21.
Ah, the funeral. I'm understanding will be, ah, Monday at 12 noon. So
I want to, uh, request a moment of silence, ah, for,
uh, this wonderful young man who UN understood his role, uh,
very well and was delighted to be a part of, uh, the law enforcement community.
All right, if you could join us in a moment of silence, please.
Thank you, Mr President.
All right, thanks Senator Hatcher. All right, secretary call the next bill
on page 48 of the calendar house bill number
75 by Representative Ensler regarding crimes and offenses.
-- BR pending. -- Mr
President Senator
Smith.
One move for past br
-- as consent to use the previous role. All right, -- any objection
hearing? None. So ordered
all Britton, Mr Williams
3333 0 and A, the E pr is adopted secretary called the bill
page 48 of the calendar house bill number 75
by Representative Ensler relating to crimes and offenses.
Finish
moving.
Uh, if I know everybody didn't have a chance to be in judiciary. But if you did
this, you would have had a chance to understand why we have this bill here.
This representative had to build, this is for your postman, your letter carriers
that there is a thin line between the way they assaulted
and whether or not it's considered an, an assault that they're protected
or just somebody who harassing them.
Anytime somebody get a two by four and try
to go inside your head that ain't harassment,
that's assault.
And that's what ha
that's a clear example in the,
in the person that was standing there talking to the committee.
So the Representative Inslee,
uh, decided to have this bill and it's, it's Senator and I think that is, uh, uh,
our judiciary chair, he's basically doing some other work.
So, uh, if there's no other questions about it at this time, I move for found passion
-- as consent to use the previous -- role.
All any objection
here. No.
So ordered
straw
and Mr Williams
during
Rihanna
33 I zero and a house bill 75 passes.
Thank you, Mr
President
Senator Smith.
Our
secretary called the next bill
on page 13 of the calendar Senate bill 163
by Senators Williams and Sessions relating to Mobile County.
BR pending
Senator Williams.
Yes, sir, Mr President, can I pass the br previous role or any objection
here?
No, so
ordered.
This bill is for my local
one
second,
Mr Britton, Mr Williams
all 33 0 and a CPR is adopted secretary called the bill
page 20 of the calendar Senate bill number 163 by Senator Williams and Sessions,
right in Mobile County.
All right, Senator Williams,
this is from a local fire department,
lo, uh, volunteer fire department right next to my house.
We've got down to a two member board and we're not able to appoint the members.
The judge drew this up where he can appoint
the 43 more members who have five member board.
We can have election
uh if nobody wants to talk, uh, like to pass it with previous roll call.
All right.
Any objection
hearing.
No. So ordered
straw. Bri
Mr Waves
33 R zero and A the BR is adopted.
All right, that was final passage of Senate bill 163. My bad.
All right,
secretary call the um next bill in the calendar.
Got
secretary call the next bill
on page eight of the calendar house bill 139 by Representative Ellis.
Regarding the Department of Insurance.
BR pending,
Mr President
Senator Kitchens,
I'd move for the Bir using previous role without objection or any objection
here. None. So ordered
Straw Britain Mr Williams
33 isa zero and A to B Rs adopted secretary called the bill
on page eight of the calendar house bill number
139 by Representative Ellis regarding the Department of Insurance
C
Kitchens. Uh
This is the house version of a bill that we've already
passed out of here dealing with the Department of Insurance.
Uh removing them from sunset.
Uh Without any questions,
I'd move for the uh final passages in previous role without objection,
any objection
hearing
no order
Mr Albritton, Mr Williams
33 I zero and A's um House Bill 139 passes. Thanks to your kitchens.
Secretary call next bill.
There you
go.
I'm
walking the road now
on page 59 of the calendar Senate bill
number 237 by Senators Coleman and Coleman Madison.
Regarding child support br pending
Senator Coleman.
-- Thank you. I believe I have to move passage of a substitute. First, -- I
-- need to adopt the BR -- first
move adoption of the BRR with uh with previous
objection
hearing
none. So
ordered
straw
Mr Williams
all 33 0. And
the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
probably
on page 59 of the calendar Senate bill 237 by Senator Coleman and Coleman Madison.
Regarding child support committee substitute pending.
-- All right, Senator Coleman -- move passage of the substitute, uh
using the previous role. All right, any objection
so
ordered strawberry and Mr Williams
33
33 0. Nays, the committee substitutes adopted.
-- All right, Senator Colman -- move final passage.
All right.
So that
-- his previous -- role. Yes,
sir. All right, any objection
hearing. No. So ordered
Mr
Britton,
Mr Williams.
All right. 33 0 and a Senate bill 237 passed us. Thanks, Senator Coleman.
Thank you.
All right, secretary call the next bill in the calendar.
Senator sessions
on page 37
House bill 126 by Representative Halsey regarding fire
protection personnel and emergency medical services personnel.
BR pending.
All right, Senator Gudger.
-- I'd -- like to make a motion to move the BR using previous role without objection.
All right, any objection
hearing.
None. So ordered
all Britton Mr Williams
33 I zero and A to be ours adopted secretary called the bill
page 37 of the calendar house bill number 126 by Representative Hosey and others.
Regarding fire protection personnel and emergency medical services personnel,
Senator Guger.
-- Thank -- you, Mr President HB 126.
Does exactly what Marshall just said requires fire protection
for personnel,
certified volunteer firefighters and emergency
medical services personnel to undergo one
hour of training related to interacting with individuals with sensory needs
or invisible disabilities.
Uh We've passed similar bills to this in the past and I have to make a final motion to
uh pass this bill using previous rule.
-- All right, any -- objection
here
on. So I ordered
Strawberry and Mr Williams
33 0 A uh house bill 126 passes. Thanks, Senator Gudger. Thank you, Mr President.
All right. Secretary call next bill.
I'll past 27 of the calendar house bill number 196 by
Representative Ingram relating to the sale of tax de liquid land.
B our pending
Senator Elliott. Thank you, Mr President uh members.
This,
this bill allows uh the Alabama Department of Revenue
to sell tax delinquent property through an online process.
Currently.
Uh they're limited to just the uh the Alabama Department of Revenue website.
So a much wider
audience for the sale of tax delinquent property.
And at this time, I'd like to move the Bir using previous role without objection.
All right, any objection
hearing.
No, so
ordered
Mr Britton Mr Williams
like
32 I zero. Nays, the B RS adopted secretary called the bill
page 26 the calendar house bill number 196 by Representative Ingram
relating to property.
Mr President Senator Elliott. Thank you, Mr President
uh move final passages in previous role without objection,
-- Mr -- President
Senator Smith,
could I be recognized?
Always tell, tell me what they be taking my property.
No, sir. I ain't talking about, man. It would be everybody in here.
-- What, what, what is going on with the property? The state already -- took it.
We're just selling it.
Yeah.
So this is what the state already has to probably
took
it
and now they want to, you, you have an opportunity to buy.
-- Yeah. So -- what all this is doing is expanding the avenues in which they can sell it.
So they've got the tax delinquent property right now.
They can only use the State Department of Revenue website.
This allows them to use other websites to
market the property that the state's already got.
So
how you buy it on the website though?
I know they market it where you can see it, but how can you be on, on, on, on,
you can do that.
You can, you can bid on those websites and you can do that.
We do a lot of surplus auction sales.
We do all kinds of sales of used state equipment, county equipment, city equipment.
-- You -- had a website
we use, uh, there's
a lot of different websites you use like gov
deals and other things like that where we sell.
I've seen some land on that, but there are other websites.
-- Can -- your administrative assistant get me the website? Absolutely.
-- There's -- some cool stuff on there. I
bought
a matter
of fact, all the furniture in my office
when I got up here as a freshman.
Uh
man, there was nothing right. It all picked over and there wasn't anything.
-- I bought all the furniture in my office. All the gov deals for 100 -- dollars.
Well, you know, I need to find that place because I, I'm f
I'm going to tell you something that you didn't know.
Some folks knew. You didn't know
and I didn't come up in the table, but you brought it to my mind
is that you remember when you said about your furniture,
I heard this story. You heard my story. I heard this story. I,
I didn't try this.
You go home and come back and somebody took all your furniture at your office.
You ever say that under the name that they said that you, it's pro tail
furniture.
And this was my personal office furniture
that I brought over to the Pro Tems office
didn't buy one new stick of furniture when I was for myself when I was in pro
TEM.
And then they took it and you spread it out and gave it to anybody who wanted it.
Just like an auction,
a
the kids young. Now. Now, let me tell you what I did.
See, I, I don't understand when you say you brought,
you got your own furniture for $100 because after that
I brought my own furniture down here
and put him off.
And so, so I wouldn't have to worry about it being gone when I wasn't here.
Now, now about four years later
I yield to because I have to say the body,
you know, I got, I got some apologies and
people say let, let you know we, we need to get you some furry for your office
and I wouldn't do it for about three years on purpose
because I was just steaming to somebody that dasa
did not even ask me before they take it.
I didn't say they couldn't get it if it was pro temp furniture, but it wasn't.
So I know what you're saying. Now I've, you know, I've got a little mix of both
and uh and that's all right, you know, but
I, I when you said that, but now, but the real reason I wanted it though is not for that.
It's because you are right.
It's some cool stuff that they, you know, maybe used and old stuff,
but I could use films to take this films and I like to get on that
and, and, and, and make be it for a old bush hog.
You see what I mean?
To cut that real tall weeds to kind,
you walk behind because I know now they got the riding ones and they
probably trying to get rid of them old ones that you walk behind.
But see, I'd like to get that number and I'd be on,
you know, try to bid on something like that where I could for them tall weeds.
I got a little field
that's pretty decent. I can clean it off
if I had to. I can't put no L on it. It would tear up.
-- It got real -- tall steak grass in it. Senator from Coleman had.
Yeah. Yeah.
And so you see what I mean? I
do.
Alright. Well, I'm that's all. But if you can get me that when you get a chance,
I don't mean like now you mar next day it'll be fine.
You have it soon. Alright. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr President.
Ok, Mr President. See no further comments.
I renew my motion for final passage used in previous role without objection.
All right, any objection
here. I so ordered
straw Britain
Mr Williams.
I
31 eyes. Uh zero a house bill 196 passes. Thanks, Senator. Thank you, Mr President
Secretary
kicks um bill in the calendar
on page six of the calendar.
Senate bill number 124 by Senator Kelly
regarding the Alabama Security Regulatory Board VR pending
that Senator Kelly
move adoption of the VR by previous rule. All right, an objection
hearing none. So ordered
the
way
that
we
on page all,
Mr Al Britton, Mr Williams.
No,
33 on
it.
33 0 A. Uh, the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page six of the calendar Senate bill number 124
by Senator Kelly relating to the Alabama Security Regulatory board.
Mr President, Senator Kelly,
uh, this is a sunset bill for the Alabama Security Regulatory board moving, uh,
the continued date till October 1st 2027.
And I think it's very, uh, prudent in light of the valuable furniture
that Senator Elliott has bought and then, uh, Senator Smitherman,
envying this of that.
So I moved for passage by previous rule. Any objection
hearing?
No, so ordered
Mr Williams
3333 A zero. Nays city bill 124 passes. Thanks, Senator Kelly.
Thank you, Mr President. All right. Secretary call next bill in the calendar
on page four of the calendar Senate bill
number 127 by Senator Stewart and Coleman Madison.
Regarding the Alabama Athletic Commission,
they are pending
Senator Stewart
Mr President,
I move for the adoption of the Bir using previous role without objection
or an objection.
All right, hearing
no so ordered
strawberry and Mr Williams
all 33
U and A, uh, the BR is adopted secretary called the Bill
on page four of the calendar.
Senate bill number 127 by Senator Stewart and
Coleman Madison regarding the Alabama Athletic Commission.
All right, Senator Stewart Mr President,
I move for the adoption.
Well, go ahead and make it.
Well,
I moved for final passage, used previous role
without
all.
I just like to make a brief statement.
Um, appreciate your work on this and, uh,
the, the, the senator from Birmingham know exactly what I'm fixed to say.
There,
there are some issues uh with the current code that
we need to address that bill has been filed.
It's in duty
and uh maybe we'll uh see that bill and uh,
Senator Bar Foot's uh committee sometime very very soon.
So that's all I got to say. Thank you, Mr
Thank you, Senator Allen.
All right,
Senator Sm,
don't go to where
I just said Allen
said
I just want to,
well, I shouldn't until you come to the mic. Now you at the mic I
sent from Tuscaloosa.
I,
I just wanted, you know, give you your flowers while you're living.
Most folks don't know.
You dedicated several years of your life in the creation of this board
and, and, and the structure thereof. So you are to be commended and
I look forward to working as we did in ju to try to make
sure that we get the cold straight but you should get your flowers while you
-- live. We, -- we make a pretty good tag team, sir.
Yes. Uh, we do.
-- Senator Allen. -- Appreciate all your help. All right,
Senator Stewart's motion, uh, final passages in previous role. Any objection
here? No.
So
order
Straw
and Mr Williams.
Thank you colleagues.
33 I zero A center be 127 passes secretary called next bill
on page five of the calendar
bill 133 by Senator Barfoot.
Regarding the Alabama Securities Commission, they are pending,
Mr President.
All right.
So
-- are you in a previous -- role? The
senators is
constituent?
All right, any objection
hearing? None. So ordered
straw
Mr Williams
34 0 and H DB R is adopted secretary called the bill
on page five of the calendar.
Senate bill number 133 relating to the Alabama Securities Commission.
Senator Barfoot, Mr President, I move for adoption.
Uh excuse me, I'd move for a final passage used in previous role. All right.
Wait for the screen to get updated.
Yeah.
Ok.
Yeah.
All right. Final passage using previous roll.
Any objection
hearing? No. So ordered
Mr Albritton, Mr Williams
34 0 and a center be 133 passes. Thanks, Senator Barfoot. Thank you, sir.
All right, secretary call next bill
on page five of the calendar sent bill
134 by Senator Barfoot regarding the Department of Insurance
br pending.
All right, Senator Barfoot, Mr President,
you use a move for adoption the br using in previous role.
All right. Any objection
hearing.
None. So ordered
straw Bri
Mr Williams 3434 R zero A DB R is adopted secretary called the Bill
on page five of the calendar.
Senate Bill number 134 by Senator Barfoot relating to the Department of Insurance.
Ok.
Amendment.
Yes, sir. I do have an amendment.
Mr President Secretary, I already received the amendment
amendment to Senate Bill 134 by Senator Barfoot.
Replace line 36 on page two with the following
here with
uh, move for final passage using in previous rule.
Adoption of the amendment. I'm sorry.
Yeah.
All right. Uh previous
amendment using previous role. Any objection
here? No.
So ordered
straw
Mr Williams
34 eyes known as the center bar foot amendments adopted.
All right, Senator Barfoot. Thank you, sir.
Uh uh Mr President, you move for uh passage as a minute of SB 134 using previous role.
All right. Any ejection
hearing. None. So ordered
straw Briton
Mr Williams
34 0 a Senate bill 134
passes as amended.
Thanks, Senator Barfoot.
All right, secretary. Uh, call the uh last bill on the calendar
on page five of the calendar.
Senate bill number 148 by Senator Coleman Madison relating
to the Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy.
Be our pinning
Mr
Madison
Thank you, Mr Chairman.
I'd like to move the BR using previous role without objection
or any objection.
None so
ordered
Mr
and
Mr Williams
34 eyes zero and
the BR is adopted secretary called the bill
on page five of the calendar Senate bill number 148 by
Senator Coleman Madison relating to the Board of Respiratory Therapy.
-- Senator Coleman -- Madison.
Thank you, Mister Chairman.
This is reauthorization of the State Board
of Respiratory Therapy uh through October 2028.
Like to move uh final passage using previous role without objection,
say final passages in previous role. Any objection hearing?
No. So order Straw Brett and Mr Williams.
All right, 34 eyes here in a senate bill with 48 passed.
Could it be recognized for moment of personal privilege be recognized? Thank you.
I uh members, I I want to commend first, the
rose chair.
Uh
I wanna commend the rules chair
for uh putting together a very good calendar.
I'm sure it took a lot of thought
and, and you put it together to the point where we could have some good flow
and things could move at, at a very good pace. So
you to be commended, you should get some flowers right now. OK? I wanna say that.
And secondly, I I don't know if everybody realized, but we've addressed 41 bills
and here within a very good reasonable amount of time. So you would be commended.
Also,
uh appreciate the pro team
for your work and your diligently at and to help keep this flow moving like it is.
And uh Mr President, thank you for allowing me to have these few moments.
Always.
All right, Senator Wagner,
Mr President.
I
think I've served a couple of years longer than uh most of y'all
by far. This is the most bills
in my career that I can ever recall probably by far.
So I too want to commend the membership for
taking this serious today, going through this calendar,
voting up or down,
carrying a couple of them over.
But I think this has been one great day.
I think we made history today as far as the number that we passed. So
you all deserve commendations. Thank you.
Thanks to Wagner.
Senator Reed.
You know, it's a historic day when the computer screen melts down twice, right?
-- And goes black. So, from the amount of bills, you're exactly -- right, Mr President.
Well, uh, ladies and gentlemen, let me add,
uh, the minority whip had a great word for us. He's been here a long time.
Um,
Senator Wagner,
um, as the rules chairman's been here for a long time.
These gentlemen are complimenting us all and
we appreciate their words of encouragement.
Uh, and let me add my word of appreciation.
You, you don't get where we are doing what we did today.
If you're not intentional, on working together,
intentional, on working together.
So you were to be commended for your hard work.
You know, what, what did we do?
We, we worked on our workforce legislation of which has been a topic.
We've been out for a while.
We um had great collaboration on a number of different pieces of
legislation that we voted up or down and kind of navigated through.
We, uh we had great support uh certainly
by the minority leader, uh as well as the um, uh
the whip on the majority side and the majority leader, Senator Livingston,
who helped us with this navigation.
So, um,
it was uh a great day and I am very appreciative of the hard work of the Alabama Senate,
the Men and Women of the Alabama Senate.
So,
uh with that tomorrow, we are not in session,
we've had a strong committee day will be ours to, to work on tomorrow.
So, best of luck to you and your diligence in that process.
And, uh, again, thank you for your hard work and dedication
with that Mr President.
I make a motion that we adjourn until 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 11th.
Oh, you heard the motion, all those in favor say I I any opposed we stand adjourn.
Thank you, Mr President
Amos for
him.