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Votes at a glance: Alabama Senate adopts multiple local bills, resolutions and special-order appropriations
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Summary
During its 27th legislative day the Senate adopted a slate of resolutions and local bills (including SB376 and more than a dozen house bills), approved the special-order appropriations calendar, and adopted multiple committee reports, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous recorded counts.
The Alabama Senate moved through a heavy calendar on April 2, adopting numerous resolutions, local bills and appropriations items often by voice vote or use of the previous roll. Highlights and recorded outcomes from the floor:
- SJR109 (Establishing Alabama Boating Safety Task Force) — Adopted by previous roll after immediate consideration (Sen. Gudger moved; Chair recorded adoption).
- SB376 (Sen. Williams, Mobile County) — Carried over earlier in the session; taken up on third reading and passed; the Senate granted unanimous consent to transmit the enrolled bill.
- Multiple local house bills (examples that passed on the calendar): HB496 (class 2 municipalities), HB500 (Mobile County), HB498 (city of Prichard), HB501 (city of Prichard), HB502 (city of Prichard), HB510 (class 2 municipalities), HB629 (Mobile County), HB574 (proposed constitutional amendment regarding Macon County), HB613 (Marengo County), HB625 (Claiborne County), HB636 (Washington County) — these were called and passed with recorded counts typically reading 32–33 ayes and 0 nays where shown on the floor.
- Special order calendar items including HB235 (supplemental appropriations), HB236 (education), HB238 (education package substitute), HB239 (pay/bonus substitute), HB240 (Tuskegee University), HB241 (Talladega College), HB242 (Southern Preparatory Academy), HB565 (higher education) and SB380 (teacher retirement system) were disposed of per the special order; many were adopted by previous roll and passed on third reading.
- The Senate adopted a number of commendation and memorial resolutions from the Committee on Rules and recognized guests and members in the gallery.
Most roll calls and voice votes were recorded by the Clerk as unanimous or near-unanimous and were announced on the floor as adopted, with specific teller counts read as appropriate.
