Alabama State Senator

Linda Coleman-Madison 2023 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB105

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/25/23  
Refer
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Relating to consumption of fishes; to require the State Health Officer to issue advisories concerning fish consumption and to establish a panel to advise on and discuss this issue; to require the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to test fishes for pollutants and post signage at water bodies notifying of an active fish consumption advisory; and to require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to notify fish license purchasers of all active advisories.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB106

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Relating to municipal courts; to require all municipal courts to begin to enter certain information regarding criminal charges into each court's information system by January 1, 2025.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB107

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
To amend Section 40-22-2, Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the fee for recording of certain mortgages, deeds of trust, contracts of conditional sale, or other instruments of like character which is given to secure the payment of any debt which conveys any real or personal property; and to modify the rate and distribution of the mortgage record tax in order to provide a dedicated revenue for the Alabama Housing Trust Fund.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB108

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/6/23  
Refer
4/6/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Enrolled
4/27/23  
Relating to public contracts; to amend Sections 41-16-50, 41-16-51, 41-16-52, 41-16-53, 41-16-54, and 41-16-55, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the threshold dollar amount for which competitive bidding is generally required for certain state and local public awarding authorities, with exceptions; to provide a legislative method for the increase of the threshold dollar amount; 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 SB109

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/4/23  
Engrossed
4/6/23  
Refer
4/6/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Relating to the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners; to amend Section 34-30-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 34-30-34 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the scope of practice of licensees.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB119

Introduced
3/22/23  
Refer
3/22/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Relating to courts; to amend Section 12-15-204, Code of Alabama 1975, to require a person who is 16 years of age or older to be tried as an adult for any felony offense involving the use of a dangerous instrument against an employee of a juvenile detention center or the Department of Youth Services; 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 SB120

Introduced
3/22/23  
Refer
3/22/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/5/23  
Engrossed
4/25/23  
Refer
4/25/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Enrolled
5/22/23  
Relating to crimes; to amend Sections 13A-10-30, 13A-10-36, 13A-10-37, and 13A-10-38, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow a detention facility to adopt a policy to further define what items constitute "contraband" for purposes of banning certain items from detention facilities; to further define the crimes of promoting contraband in the first, second, and third degree to apply to juveniles under certain circumstances; 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 SB121

Introduced
3/22/23  
Refer
3/22/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Relating to voting rights; to amend Sections 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31, and 17-4-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the application requirement and the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may have his or her right to vote restored if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole; to allow an indigent individual to have his or her right to vote restored if he or she has paid all fines and restitution and is in compliance with an approved payment plan for the payment of court costs and fees or an approved community service plan to offset the payment of court costs and fees; to remove impeachment from the list of offenses that prohibit an individual from having his or her right to vote restored to make consistent with existing law; and to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require notification to the individual that his or her right to vote has been restored.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB141

Introduced
3/23/23  
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section 26-15-3.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for chemical endangerment of a child; to require a confirmatory positive drug test before an agency or law enforcement initiates any action for a violation; 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 SB160

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Enrolled
4/25/23  
Relating to Bullock County; to further provide for the compensation of the judge of probate.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB161

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Enrolled
4/25/23  
Relating to Barbour County; to provide further for the compensation of the sheriff.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB168

Introduced
4/5/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/18/23  
Refer
4/18/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Report Pass
4/20/23  
Enrolled
4/25/23  
Relating to Bullock County; to provide an additional expense allowance for the revenue commissioner.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB179

Introduced
4/5/23  
Relating to municipal water works boards; to require certain municipal water works boards to provide customer data regarding sewer service at the request of a county commission that provides sewer service in certain circumstances and provide mechanisms to determine the fees a board could charge in exchange for the data; to require certain municipal water works boards to provide billing and collection services for sewer service at the request of a county commission that provides the sewer service and provide mechanisms to determine the fees a board could charge in exchange for billing and collection services; to require certain municipal water works boards to shut off water service for nonpayment of sewer service at the request of a county commission providing the sewer service and provide mechanisms to determine the fees a board could charge for the shut off service; and to provide legal mechanisms for a county commission to pursue in the event that a municipal water works board fails to abide by the requirements of this act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB21

Introduced
2/27/23  
Relating to voting rights; to amend Sections 15-22-36.1, 17-3-31, and 17-4-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to eliminate the application requirement and the Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote; to require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to determine whether an individual may have his or her right to vote restored if the individual has lost his or her right to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal court and has been pardoned or released from incarceration or period of probation or parole; to allow an indigent individual to have his or her right to vote restored if he or she has paid all fines and restitution and is in compliance with an approved payment plan for the payment of court costs and fees or an approved community service plan to offset the payment of court costs and fees; to remove impeachment from the list of offenses that prohibit an individual from having his or her right to vote restored to make consistent with existing law; and to add Section 17-3-31.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require notification to the individual that his or her right to vote has been restored.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB296

Introduced
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Engrossed
5/23/23  
Refer
5/23/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
To amend Section 2 of Act 634 of the 1951 Regular Session (Acts 1951, p. 1089), as amended by Act 630 of the 1967 Regular Session (Acts 1967, p. 1435), relating to zoning regulations of the county commission in the unincorporated area of the county in all counties having a population of 400,000 or more according to the 1940 or any succeeding Federal census; and to further provide the remedies and penalties for violations.