Alabama State Senator

Will Barfoot 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 SB11

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
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
5/3/23  
Relating to the Alabama Uniform Trust Code; to amend Section 19-3B-414, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the modification or termination of an uneconomic trust.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB12

Introduced
2/14/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Report Pass
3/23/23  
Report Pass
3/23/23  
Engrossed
4/6/23  
Refer
4/6/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Enrolled
4/27/23  
Relating to state holidays; to designate Alabama Peace Officers' Memorial Day.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB143

Introduced
3/23/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Engrossed
5/25/23  
Refer
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Relating to crimes and offenses; to add Article 12, commencing with Section 13A-6-260, to Chapter 6 of Title 13A to the Code of Alabama 1975, to identify criminal enterprise members, to enhance penalties for any criminal activity that benefits, promotes, or furthers the interest of a criminal enterprise, and to establish mandatory consecutive penalties for any firearm possession in certain circumstances; to amend Section 12-15-204, Code of Alabama 1975, to require any juvenile 16 years of age or older to be tried as an adult for any criminal enterprise related criminal activity; 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 SB144

Introduced
3/23/23  
To provide for additional circuit judgeships and additional district judgeships to be funded out of the State General Fund in Fiscal Years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefits of the judges.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB153

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Engrossed
4/27/23  
Refer
4/27/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
6/6/23  
Relating to criminal procedure; to further provide for pretrial supervision of certain offenders by the Board of Pardons and Paroles as a condition of their bond.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB154

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/25/23  
Refer
4/25/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Enrolled
5/22/23  
Relating to driver license suspensions; to provide for the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB170

Introduced
4/5/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/13/23  
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections 13A-11-9 and 32-5A-216, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit an individual from loitering on a public roadway maintained by the state or in the right-of-way of a public roadway maintained by the state; to remove the prohibition on a pedestrian soliciting employment, business, or contributions or distributing articles on a highway; to provide criminal penalties for violations; 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 2022.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB247

Introduced
4/25/23  
Refer
4/25/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Relating to education; to provide prohibitions on the promotion, endorsement, and affirmation of certain divisive concepts in certain public settings; and to authorize certain penalties for violation.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB248

Introduced
4/25/23  
Refer
4/25/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Relating to pardons and paroles; to add Article 1A, commencing with Section 15-22-10.01 to Chapter 22 of Title 15, Code of Alabama 1975, to reconstitute the Board of Pardons and Paroles as the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles; to reorganize the functions and duties of the bureau and to provide for the duties of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the bureau; to transfer certain language relating to pardons and paroles to a new article within the Code of Alabama 1975; to specify the duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles and to provide for the personnel of the bureau; to amend 15-18-71, 15-18-72, 15-18-74, 15-18-76, 15-18-77, 15-22-42, 15-22-43, 15-22-51, 15-22-53, and Section 15-22-54, as corrected by Act 2022-371, the Codification Act, 2022 Regular Session, and Sections 15-22-56 and 15-22-57, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete duplicative language; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; to amend Sections 12-17-184, 14-1-22, 14-1-23, 14-14-5, 15-18-176, 15-20A-48, 15-22-111, 15-22-112, Section 15-22-113, as last amended by Act 2022-382, 2022 Regular Session, Sections 15-22-115, 15-23-79, and 17-3-31, Code of Alabama 1975, to update relevant cross-references in existing law; and to repeal Sections 15-22-20, 15-22-21, 15-22-21.1, 15-22-22, 15-22-23, 15-22-24, 15-22-25, 15-22-26, 15-22-26.1, 15-22-26.2, 15-22-27, 15-22-27.1, 15-22-27.2, 15-22-27.3, 15-22-27.4, 15-22-28, 15-22-29, 15-22-29.1, 15-22-30, 15-22-30.1, 15-22-30.2, 15-22-31, 15-22-32, 15-22-33, 15-22-34, 15-22-35, 15-22-36, 15-22-36.1, 15-22-36.2, 15-22-36.3, 15-22-37, 15-22-38, 15-22-39, and 15-22-40, Code of Alabama 1975.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB297

Introduced
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Relating to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act; to amend Sections 16-6F-5, 16-6F-6, and 16-6F-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the appointment process for the Alabama Public Charter School Commission; to authorize the commission to hire staff; to require commissioners to receive annual training; to provide additional guidelines for the authorizing and application review process; to provide further for the operational and categorical funding of public charter schools in their first year of operation; and to clarify the per pupil federal, state, and local funding of conversion public charter schools during their first year of operation.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB329

Introduced
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Engrossed
5/26/23  
Relating to judges and justices; to prohibit government agencies, individuals, businesses, and associations from publicly posting or displaying judge's or justice's personal information on the Internet, provided they have received a written request from the judge or justice to refrain from doing so; to prohibit commercial data collectors from knowingly selling, trading, licensing, transferring, or purchasing judges' personal information; to provide for a process for a judge or justice to request their personal information not be made public; to provide for penalties for violations; 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 SB342

Introduced
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Report Pass
5/23/23  
Report Pass
5/23/23  
Engrossed
5/25/23  
Refer
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Relating to district attorneys; to amend Section 12-17-220, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove limitations on a district attorney's authorization to hire personnel based on the residency of any current or potential personnel.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB41

Introduced
3/7/23  
To provide for an additional circuit judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga, Chilton, and Elmore Counties; to provide for an additional circuit judgeship in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit comprised of Madison County; to provide for an additional circuit judgeship in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit comprised of Baldwin County; and to provide for the authority of the judges and for the compensation and benefit of the judges.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB45

Introduced
3/7/23  
Refer
3/7/23  
Report Pass
3/21/23  
Report Pass
3/21/23  
Engrossed
4/5/23  
Relating to boards of registrars; to amend Sections 17-3-2 and 17-3-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the salary of each board of registrar; to provide that a county may allow any member of the county board of registrars to participate in any health insurance program provided by the county; to further provide for the employment status of members of the boards of registrars and for regular hours of operation for the boards of registrars; 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 SB76

Introduced
3/21/23  
Refer
3/21/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Engrossed
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
5/31/23  
Relating to the Alabama Forestry Commission; to establish the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023; to create the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund to be administered by the Alabama Forestry Commission; and to provide for the distribution of funding to the Alabama Forestry Commission to support rural economic development.