Alabama State Senator

David Sessions 2023 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB147

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/6/23  
Refer
4/6/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Enrolled
4/18/23  
Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB213

Introduced
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/25/23  
Refer
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/7/23  
Relating to the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993; to amend Sections 15-13-107, 15-13-111, 15-13-114, 15-13-118, 15-13-125, 15-13-128, 15-13-131, 15-13-132, 15-13-134, 15-13-136, 15-13-137, 15-13-138, 15-13-139, 15-13-140, 15-13-141, 15-13-145, 15-13-159, 15-13-160, and 15-13-164, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the acceptance of certain filing fees by the sheriff or jailer; to further define cash bail and property bail; to provide further for the arrest and delivery of a defendant to jail by a surety with no court costs to be entered on the surety; to provide that a surety not be charged for a bondsman's process or for a certified copy of a bond; to require the license number of the bondsman or recovery on a bondsman's process form; to allow a surety to sign for a forfeiture with the clerk of the ordering court; to increase the time frame for which the ordering court has jurisdiction over a forfeiture action; to authorize a bail bondsman to file motions, answers, and notices relating to a defendant who is out on bond with that bondsman; to increase the time frames for providing notice and conducting hearings in conditional forfeiture proceedings; to remove the requirement that a conditional judgment to set aside be made absolute for the entire sum; to provide further for instances when a court may set aside forfeiture and may not release a defendant on judicial public bail; to provide further for eligibility for judicial public bail; to provide further for the amount of new corporate surety bonds and escrow agreements required in counties with populations of 200,000 or more; to provide further for criminal penalties for certain unlawful behavior; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB339

Introduced
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB89

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
4/6/23  
Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-1, Section 32-6-4, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, Section 32-6-5, Section 32-6-6, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, and Section 32-6-6.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the renewal of a driver license; to provide for an eight-year renewal period of driver licenses; and to provide for the required fee for the issuance of an eight-year driver license.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SJR61

Introduced
5/2/23  
Report Pass
5/11/23  
Report Pass
5/11/23  
Engrossed
5/11/23  
Refer
5/11/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Enrolled
5/17/23  
Passed
5/17/23  
ESTABLISHING THE JOINT STUDY COMMISSION ON FERAL SWINE IN ALABAMA.