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Votes at a glance (selected items from the floor session):

- Confirmations to University of Alabama Board of Trustees and other boards: several nominees were confirmed by recorded roll calls. Notable recorded tallies included Myla E. Calhoun (28 ayes, 0 nays); Barbara Humphrey (29 ayes, 0 nays); Grayson Hall (29 ayes, 0 nays); Angus R. Cooper III (29 ayes, 0 nays); plus additional confirmations to the Agriculture Exhibition Center Corporation (Brad Fuller, Joe Lambrecht, Thomas Ellis, Barrett Vaughn, John Starnes, Jimmy Parnell, Ralph Williams) generally recorded as 29 ayes, 0 nays.

- Local and municipal bills:
- House Bill 76 (Fayette County) — final passage, 29 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 139 (Scottsboro, Jackson County) — final passage, 29 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 162 (Marshall County) — final passage, 30 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 25 (Coleman County community development district) — final passage, 30 ayes, 0 nays.

- Other bills enacted or advanced on the floor:
- Senate Bill 80 (alleged renaming of Alabama Local Government Training Institute) — passed, 31 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 115 (crimes and offenses: clarifying impersonation of police) — passed, 31 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 102 (Medicaid presumptive eligibility; as amended to match House language) — passed as amended, 31 ayes, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 54 (crimes and offenses; critical-infrastructure provisions) — passed as amended, 31 ayes, 0 nays (detailed in separate article).
- Senate Bill 40 (firearms measure, described on the floor as the Hunter-Houston bill for voluntary firearm surrender) — passed, 31 ayes, 0 nays.

- Resolutions and ceremonial business: several resolutions were adopted by unanimous consent, including commemorations and recognitions (e.g., Senate Joint Resolution 26 commending Larry Blakeney, Senate resolutions honoring Lane’s Barbecue and others). The Senate adopted a special order calendar by recorded vote (30 ayes, 0 nays) before considering bills listed above.

The Senate adjourned at the end of the session and scheduled the next meeting as announced by the president pro tempore. Items carried over from this floor (e.g., Senate Bill 5 and others referenced during debate) were noted as carried over for further work.

Official tallies and final enrolled texts will be available in the Senate’s journal and on the legislative website.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Alabama Senate","oneSentenceSummary","The Alabama Senate adopted multiple bills, confirmed several appointments to boards and adopted resolutions during the floor session. Key votes and tallies are listed below.","taxTitle","Senate, Alabama Legislative Sessions, Alabama","taxId",62183,"location","Alabama","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":44,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6665254,"Senate passes SB54 after amendments narrowing scope of new critical-infrastructure offenses",2438,5228000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2362012-4a13428a276f7e14c7782da0b94516c9&start=2790&end=5228","/articles/6665254/Alabama/Senate-passes-SB54-after-amendments-narrowing-scope-of-new-critical-infrastructure-offenses","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6665254-defc1225da539674b7e37aae2150b239/orig.mp4?Expires=1770845384&Signature=ZrqYtiZ6skdtZ5Npi~B7msgDr8VKwX2QsvtE1EakWlposUg3YgpYS8AaPCtJRm6yf13WW~7MwAsGnthlT-w105M7pd58cBBFSrCyfX52dD70qapp1BDPbTJWVIrvi8Gtw8Xwk2o29PpAro~g3IhSez0By15xxSn6qJG2mjknRRV0678zIfkIxfpDSw-M99aD37EWWrAkdldaTqJs1tBvImz7v1l1wrT41AEqc8En3y7zjZd2neNqWZK4sqnxhZG1H2ZktuKkBxy8iYDo6SBSUUwNv9e4Ty4A-mAG157Ak43NkJIWKGX77sfe4rRy5zUCT43vbbsWvOiVfP6UpXMtgA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 54, a crimes-and-offenses measure, after adopting committee and later floor amendments that narrowed which facilities qualify as “critical infrastructure” and clarified required intent for criminal liability.

Senator Roberts, sponsor of SB54, said the committee amendment alters liability language to exclude acts committed “within the scope of his or her employment.” Roberts explained the change as intended to protect county workers performing routine work on rights-of-way: “It starts on, replace line 56. Dealing shall not apply to any acts any act committed by a person within the scope of his or her employment. We work with counties on this … trying to make sure that if you have someone out there working on right away in a county, that if something happens not intentionally or maliciously, then there’s no problem with that situation.”

The bill had attracted pushback from at least one senator who said he had signed on expecting the measure to cover broadband only and expressed concern that the list of covered facilities had expanded during negotiations to include items such as pulp-and-paper plants and defense contractors. That senator said he did not want the bill to “go a little bit further than where I really wanted to go” and asked for additional clarity on how facilities are designated as critical.

Senator Singleton, who worked with Roberts in negotiations, described the language that secured his support: “These critical infrastructure pieces … the terminology that is used in terms of knowingly, recklessly, going on on someone’s property and and basically maliciously doing some damage to that particular project. … And then plus those facilities have to be signed and say that they are critical, facilities and … letting you know what the critical infrastructure is over there.” Singleton said the clarified language and signage requirement gave him “some solace” to move forward with the bill.

Senators adopted the committee amendment and a subsequent floor amendment before voting for final passage. The committee amendments were adopted (recorded as 30 ayes, 0 nays) and the Senate later approved the bill as amended by a recorded vote of 31 ayes, 0 nays.

The debate on SB54 focused on two themes: the technical scope of protected facilities (broadband, certain manufacturers, defense contractors were discussed) and the criminal intent standard required to trigger liability. Sponsors emphasized they sought to protect specified infrastructure from malicious acts while not criminalizing routine work by employees or unintended conduct.

Senator Roberts moved the final passage with the amendments; Senator Singleton spoke in support after the managers’ changes were accepted. No senator recorded a nay vote on final passage.

The bill now moves forward according to the legislative calendar and the Senate’s procedures for enrollment and transmission to the other chamber.","The Alabama Senate adopted Senate Bill 54, a crimes-and-offenses measure, after adopting committee and floor amendments that clarified which facilities are covered and added a mens‑rea requirement and signage requirement for designation as critical infrastructure.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Alabama Senate passes bills, confirms trustees and adopts resolutions

Senate passes SB54 after amendments narrowing scope of new critical-infrastructure offenses