Sen. David Sessions

Primary SB 152

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

State Pilotage Commission as Class 2 municipality, commission may regulate maritime data used in Mobile Bay.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates the State Pilotage Commission as a Class 2 municipality and grants it sole authority to regulate maritime data used for navigating ships in Mobile Bay. Under the new rules, the commission can approve or reject any maritime data collected for vessel pilotage, except for data developed by U.S. government agencies. Additionally, the commission gains the power to set standards for the physical and mental fitness of active bar pilots. These changes take effect on October 1, 2024, and apply specifically to the Port of Mobile and the waters of Mobile Bay.

Signed into law May 17, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 276

died · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission; number of licenses issued by commission revised; certain licensure determinations by commission ratified and confirmed; administrative adjudicatory process for awarding additional licenses provided

Authorities, Boards, & Commissions

died May 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 204

Passed · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Domestic and Foreign Corporations; annual report requirement removed

Businesses & Financial Institutions

Passed Apr 18, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 273

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Sales and use tax, simplified sellers use tax, municipalities, distribution to be adjusted based on population adjusted for annexations annually based on report of U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Taxation & Revenue

In committee Apr 2, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SJR 25

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Captain Marisa Lee Futral, mourned

Resolutions

Signed into law Mar 14, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 203

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

State parks, advance campsite reservation at discounted rate to state residents

Conservation & Natural Resources

In committee Mar 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 110

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to ad valorem taxation; to limit the assessed value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes, with exceptions.

Taxation & Revenue

In committee Feb 15, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 90

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Seafood products, country of origin, correct name, farm-raised or wild required disclosure by food service establishments

Consumer Protection; Health

In committee Feb 13, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 45

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Fish Consumption; to create and provide procedures to implement fish consumption advisories

Conservation & Natural Resources; Environmental Protection; Health; Public Safety & Emergencies

In committee Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 213

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

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.

Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993, cash bail and property bail defined and provided for, time frame for forfeiture action extended

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors