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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 ...
The Alabama Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of Alabama.It is a bicameral body composed of the House of Representatives and Senate.It is one of the few state legislatures in which members of both chambers serve four-year terms and in which all are elected in the same cycle.
Alabama is one of the states in which the governor has the power to accept or reject any particular item of an appropriation bill without vetoing the entire bill. In this event, only the vetoed item of the appropriation bill is returned to the house of origin for reconsideration by the Legislature.
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 two bills now go to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw paid assistance with absentee ballot applications and another ...
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.
In the 2009 session, legislators debated and passed a bill to begin investigating proposals, but have not taken any action on constructing a new facility. [ 3 ] On May 7, 2020, it was reported that Alabama State Senator Del Marsh had requested $200,000,000 of CARES Act funding in order to build a new State House.
Melson said that the bill was designed to help people at the end of their life, though he still opposed recreational use of marijuana. [14] Although the medical cannabis bill was opposed by Steve Marshall, the Attorney General of Alabama, [15] it eventually passed in the Alabama Legislature in May 2021. [16]