Alabama State Senator

Tim Melson 2022 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB10

Introduced
1/11/22  
Freedom of speech, service providers, prohibit from taking certain restrictive actions against a user based on content of speech expressed
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB127

Introduced
2/1/22  
Education, constitutional amendment, public K-12 schools required to play Star-Spangled Banner on schools and at school athletic events, const. amend.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB140

Introduced
2/1/22  
Education, education savings accounts, Parent's Choice Program created, membership and duties provided, process for awarding education savings accounts, requirements for education service providers
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB152

Introduced
2/1/22  
Refer
2/1/22  
Engrossed
2/3/22  
Refer
2/3/22  
Enrolled
2/22/22  
Chaptered
2/22/22  
Taxation, income tax, exclusion of enhanced federal child tax credits from American Rescue Plan Act from calculation of federal income tax deduction for tax year 2021, extension of the due date for certain taxpayers, Secs. 40-16-3.1, 40-18-39.2 added.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB156

Introduced
2/1/22  
Public assistance, requires compliance with child support enforcement programs to qualify for food assistance, Sec. 38-4-15 added.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB167

Introduced
2/2/22  
Refer
2/2/22  
Engrossed
2/15/22  
Refer
2/15/22  
Refer
2/22/22  
Enrolled
3/1/22  
Chaptered
3/1/22  
Occupational therapy, Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, occupational therapists authorized to practice on a limited basis among compact states
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB169

Introduced
2/2/22  
Refer
2/2/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Abuse, registry for individuals convicted of certain crimes against elders, require certain care providers to query the registry, criminal penalties, Sec. 38-9-8 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB170

Introduced
2/2/22  
Refer
2/2/22  
Engrossed
2/10/22  
Refer
2/10/22  
Enrolled
4/6/22  
Chaptered
4/6/22  
Education, school grading system, certain English language learners exempt from proficiency assessments considered in grading public K-12 schools, State Superintendent of Education to amend state plan under Every Student Succeeds Act, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB171

Introduced
2/2/22  
Refer
2/2/22  
Refer
2/9/22  
Engrossed
3/2/22  
Refer
3/3/22  
Enrolled
3/30/22  
Chaptered
3/30/22  
Alabama Numeracy Act, established for K-5 public school students, Elementary Mathematics Task force and Postsecondary Mathematics Task Forces created, Office of Mathematics Improvement created, use of assessments, intervention services, summer programs, and mathematics coaches provided, use of Common Core State Standards in K-12 schools terminated and prohibited

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB12

Introduced
1/11/22  
Firearms, offenses against public order, concealed pistols, concealed carry permit, constitutional carry, pistol permits, Secs. 9-11-304, 13A-11-52, 13A-11-73, 13A-11-74 repealed; Secs. 13A-11-7, 13A-11-50, 13A-11-55, 13A-11-61.2, 13A-11-62, 13A-11-71, 13A-11-85, 13A-11-90 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB13

Introduced
1/11/22  
Refer
1/11/22  
Engrossed
2/23/22  
Refer
2/24/22  
Enrolled
4/7/22  
Chaptered
4/7/22  
Taxation, sales and use tax exemptions for bullion, bullion defined further, sales and use tax exemption extended, reporting requirements waived for certain recipients of tax exemption, Sec. 40-9-61, 40-23-4 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB14

Introduced
1/11/22  
Agricultural land ownership, restricted to U.S. citizens and resident aliens with limited exceptions, civil penalty for registration violation
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB143

Introduced
2/1/22  
Elections, public testing of voting machines, Sec. 17-7-21 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB144

Introduced
2/1/22  
Controlled substances, to exempt non-psychoactive cannabinols derived from hemp from the controlled substance list, Sec. 20-2-23 am'd.
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB15

Introduced
1/11/22  
Refer
1/11/22  
Engrossed
2/9/22  
Refer
2/10/22  
Enrolled
3/3/22  
Chaptered
3/3/22  
State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.