Anna Barrett

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What passed in the Alabama Legislature: May 6-7, 2025

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Anna Barrett |Alander Rocha

Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, receives a standing ovation from senators on May 6, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama, after the chamber passed a bill she sponsored to regulate electronic vapor products. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector)Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. Tuesday, May 6HouseSB 211, sponsored by Sen.
Alabama State Board of Education to adopt policy for paid parental leave at June meeting

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Anna Barrett

State Superintendent Eric Mackey speaking to board members at the May 8 work session in the Gordon Pearsons Building in Montgomery, Alabama. Mackey and the board discussed rules for a paid parental leave policy, which passed the Alabama Legislature in April.(Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama State Board of Education will adopt temporary rules for paid parental leave for public education employees at its June meeting, State Superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday.
Bill forcing Alabama schools to allow ‘religious instruction’ fails again

1 week ago | al.com | Anna Barrett

A bill that would require local school boards to adopt policies on extending academic credit for “religious instruction” outside the classroom failed an Alabama House committee on Wednesday. SB 278, sponsored by Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville, is identical to HB 342, sponsored by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, that failed the House Education Policy Committee on April 2. DuBose presented the legislation to the House State Government Committee.
Potential federal cuts could impact Alabama arts programs

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Anna Barrett

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Congress could cut funds for the National Endowment for the Arts, which would directly impact $1 million in arts grants in Alabama. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)Alabama arts programs may face up to $1 million in cuts if the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts funds for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Theatre group fears proposed Alabama drag ban would cancel school plays

3 weeks ago | al.com | Anna Barrett

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would ban drag performances in schools and public libraries. But it could also impact theater productions statewide. HB 67, sponsored by Rep.
Alabama lawmaker says his name was forged on legislation: That could soon be illegal

3 weeks ago | al.com | Anna Barrett

The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that would make it a crime for somebody to forge sponsorship on local legislation. Rep. Steve Hurst, R-Munford, the sponsor of HB 454, said somebody drafted a local bill in his name through the Legislative Services Agency without his permission. He did not say when this happened or what bill was involved. “I found out later on that a bill had been drafted.
Alabama state senator threatens filibuster: ‘Our friends in the House are really not being fair’

4 weeks ago | al.com | Anna Barrett |Ralph Chapoco

The Alabama Legislature’s daily session ended abruptly Tuesday as the Alabama Senate adjourned amid a filibuster threat from a senator over what he claimed was poor House treatment of Senate legislation. Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, threatened to carry over or filibuster all House bills before the Senate until the end of the day Tuesday. “I have a concern that our friends in the House are really not being fair with our Senate bills.
Alabama House passes bill prohibiting use of foreign national IDs to vote

1 month ago | alabamareflector.com | Anna Barrett

by Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector April 16, 2025 The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that prohibits people from using a foreign national drivers license or ID to vote in Alabama elections. Sponsor of HB 480, Rep. Alan Treadaway, R-Morris, said he has heard of people using one of these IDs to vote in Alabama elections. Treadaway did not say where or how many. “My understanding is there’s been some confusion at the polling places,” he said.
Alabama House passes bill prohibiting use of foreign national IDs to vote

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Anna Barrett

Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, speaks in the Alabama House of Representatives on May 8, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery. Treadaway's bill that prohibits a "foreign national" ID from being used to vote in Alabama passed the House on April 15, 2025. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that prohibits people from using a foreign national drivers license or ID to vote in Alabama elections. Sponsor of HB 480, Rep.
Alabama House votes to make human cloning a felony

1 month ago | timesfreepress.com | Anna Barrett

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill criminalizing human cloning 71-4, with 22 abstentions. House Bill 380, sponsored by Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, makes it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to engage in human cloning. Rigsby said during a brief debate Wednesday that he is not aware of any human cloning happening in Alabama or the United States, but he said that is the direction science is going.