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Feb. 17—Alabama Senate Republicans approved legislation limiting the assistance available to absentee voters Tuesday, Feb. 13. The bill's sponsor, local delegate Sen. Garlan Gudger, said the ...
The Alabama State Senate is composed of 35 state senators, in keeping with Article IV, Section 50, of the Alabama Constitution, which limits the Alabama House of Representatives to 105 members, and the senate to 35; together with Article IX, Sections 197 and 198, which requires that membership in the state senate consist of not less than one-fourth, nor more than one-third, of the total ...
Check out live Alabama election results from the 2024 midterm elections including Senate and House races and ballot initiatives.
The Alabama Legislature was founded in 1818 as a territorial legislature for the Alabama Territory.Following the federal Alabama Enabling Act of 1819 and the successful passage of the first Alabama Constitution in the same year, the Alabama General Assembly became a fully fledged state legislature upon the territory's admission as a state.
In 2005, Allen proposed Alabama House Bill 30 (HB30), which would have banned public school libraries from purchasing books by gay authors or with gay characters. [2] The bill did not become law. Allen defeated incumbent Phil Poole, a Democrat, in the 2010 elections to the Alabama Senate. [3] In 2011, Allen proposed a bill to ban Sharia law.
Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature passed Republican-proposed bills intended to protect in vitro fertilization Thursday after the state Supreme Court ruled that embryos are considered children.
The bill would increase the standard deduction for single filiers to $2,500 and to $5,000 for married couples filing jointly. Alabama Senate approves bill increase state income tax deduction Skip ...
The governor of Alabama has power to veto laws passed by the state legislature (see below). However, in contrast to the practice in most states (and the federal government) that requires the legislature to garner a two-thirds majority to override an executive veto, the Alabama constitution requires only a majority within both legislative houses ...