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Committee issues favorable reports on several bills; drone-over-schools proposal carried over
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing on HB202, the House Judiciary Committee issued favorable reports on a group of bills affecting probate, human trafficking, jury service and occupational licensing, and carried over a drone-over-schools substitute for further stakeholder work.
Following the extended public hearing on HB202, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee handled several other bills on the day's agenda and took recorded committee action on multiple measures.
Votes at a glance
- HB66 (probate / elder-abuse inheritance): Favorable report. Sponsor Representative Gidrey said the bill extends an existing inheritance disqualification by preventing a person convicted of elder abuse from inheriting from an elder they abused. The committee voted to give the bill a favorable report by voice vote.
- Human trafficking (amendment creating an advertising offense): Favorable report. Representative Gillett presented language creating a third-degree trafficking offense for knowingly advertising for commercial sex, labor or servitude; committee gave a favorable report.
- HB209 (jury service exemption for nursing mothers, “Parker’s Law”): Favorable report as amended. Representative Vos presented the bill and an amendment renaming the act "Parker's Law" and simplifying the certification language; the amendment and the bill as amended received favorable reports.
- HB238 (occupational-licensing rehabilitation; certificate of employability): Favorable report as amended. Representative Parker described two adopted amendments (medical-board carve-out and interstate-compact language) and the committee gave the bill a favorable report as amended twice.
- Unmanned aircraft over schools (substitute): Carried over. Representative Simpson presented a substitute that would prohibit operating drones within 500 horizontal feet or 400 vertical feet of a public K–12 school without the administrator’s consent, with enumerated exceptions for law enforcement, operations above private property with permission, certain commercial/professional uses and news gathering; the sponsor agreed to further stakeholder discussions and said she would consult with law enforcement and athletic associations before the bill moves to the floor. Representative England withdrew his motion; the sponsor agreed to carry the measure forward for more work.
- Lien to attach to aircraft (mechanic's lien on aircraft): Favorable report. Representative Robbins said the bill lets a mechanic record a lien with the FAA to attach against an airplane for unpaid work; committee gave a favorable report.
- Department of Pardons & Paroles: Favorable report. A technical bill allowing the board to share electronic monitoring/GPS information with law enforcement received a favorable report.
No final floor passage votes were taken in committee on the measures listed above; the committee used voice votes to adopt substitutes and give favorable reports. Several sponsors said they would continue stakeholder talks and bring amendments when appropriate. The committee adjourned and set items for potential action in the next week's docket.
