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Votes at a glance: Alabama Senate adopts resolutions and passes a slate of local bills
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Summary
The Senate adopted two joint resolutions honoring the University of Alabama and naming a highway segment, and passed multiple local bills (several by unanimous or near-unanimous roll calls). Where the transcript recorded vote tallies clearly, they are listed; several tallies in the transcript were garbled or not legible and are marked 'not specified.'
The Alabama Senate moved through a block of routine business, adopting two Senate joint resolutions and voting final passage on a series of local bills from the calendar.
Senate Joint Resolution 97, introduced by Senator Allen, commended the University of Alabama for a planned Reserve Officers' Training Corps facility and student veterans center (nearly 20,000 square feet, scheduled for completion in 2027). The resolution was adopted by voice vote without objection.
Senate Joint Resolution 98, introduced by Senator Barfoot, named a portion of Highway 9 in Elmore County the Lamar S. "Bubba" Woodham Jr. Highway. Senators were added for final passage by unanimous consent and the resolution was adopted.
On local legislation and final passages, the Senate called and passed multiple house and senate bills on the calendar with motions to use the previous roll or to certify previous rolls. Items listed in the transcript as passing include House Bill 569 (Autauga County), House Bill 337 (proposed constitutional amendment regarding Madison County), House Bill 576 (Mobile County), House Bill 529 (class 2 municipalities), Senate Bill 371 (proposed constitutional amendment regarding Madison County), Senate Bill 369 (Lauderdale County), House Bill 612 (Covington County), and House Bill 514 (Tuscaloosa County). Where the transcript provided clear roll-call tallies those are recorded in the list below; multiple tallies were garbled or unclear in the transcript, so several are marked "not specified." The clerk and members used motions such as "final passage using the previous roll" or certification motions to expedite multiple items.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the transcript): - House Bill 569 — recorded as "House bill 569 passes." Vote tally: not specified in clear text. - House Bill 337 — recorded as "House bill 337 passes." Vote tally: not specified (transcript shows garbled tally). - House Bill 576 — recorded as "House bill 576 passes." Vote tally: 29 ayes, 0 nays (as stated in the transcript where legible). - House Bill 529 — recorded as "House bill 529 passes." Vote tally: 29 ayes, 0 nays (as stated in the transcript where legible). - Senate Bill 371 — recorded as "Senate bill 371 passed." Vote tally: 29 ayes, 0 nays (transcript sections vary; where clearly legible the tally appears as 29–0). - Senate Bill 369 — recorded as "Senate bill 369 passes." Vote tally: 30 ayes, 0 nays (as stated in the transcript where legible). - House Bill 612 — recorded as "HB 612 passes." Vote tally: 30 ayes, 0 nays (as stated in the transcript where legible). - House Bill 514 — recorded as "House bill 514 passes." Vote tally: 30 ayes, 0 nays (as stated in the transcript where legible).
The Senate then recessed until 1 p.m. The transcript contains numerous procedural motions (use of previous roll, certification) that were used to speed final passage on multiple items; several vote tallies were not recorded legibly in the provided transcript and are marked "not specified."
