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Legislative Update

The Legislative Update is a weekly e-newsletter from the Alabama State Bar providing status reports and summaries of legislative activity that may be of interest to our members. We send it every Friday during the Legislative Session. For questions or comments, contact Alabama State Bar Legislative Counsel Suzanne Huffaker at suzanne.huffaker@alabar.org. If you don’t receive the email, make sure your email preferences on your Member Dashboard are set to receive “non-official” emails.

2023 Legislative Session: May 2-4

Legislative Summary The Alabama Legislature met for three days this week, and 18 of the 30 allotted legislative days are now complete. The House of Representatives gaveled in before committees started on […]

2023 Legislative Session: April 25-27

Legislative Summary The Alabama Legislature has reached the half way mark, completing 15 of the 30 allowed legislative days. It was a two day session week, returning to the typical […]

2023 Legislative Session: April 18-20

Legislative Summary The Alabama Legislature is quickly approaching the halfway mark, having completed 13 of the 30 allotted session days. It was another three-day week, with committee meetings being held […]

2023 Legislative Session: April 11-13

Legislative Summary The Alabama Legislature met for three days of session this week, in addition to a jam-packed committee meeting schedule. We have now completed 10 of the 30 allotted days. […]

2023 Legislative Session: April 4-6

Legislative Summary Upon their return from Spring Break on Tuesday, Apr. 4, the Alabama Legislature went straight to work. It was a three-day session week packed with over 30 committee meetings […]

2023 Legislative Session: March 21-23

Legislative Summary On Tuesday, March 21, the Alabama Legislature returned to truly begin the 2023 Regular Session. You’ll recall, legislators gaveled in for the first day of session on March 7. The […]

2023 Legislative Update – Week One

Legislative Summary On Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023, the Alabama Legislature commenced its first session of the new quadrennium. The legislature begins anew every four years, following the November elections of […]

2022 Legislative Session: Final Week

Legislative Summary The Alabama Legislature met for the final days of the 2022 Regular Legislative Session this week. A desire to finish pushed lawmakers to work long days and nights […]

2022 Legislative Session: March 27-30

Legislative Summary Legislators returned from spring break ready to close out the session. The legislature met for three session days this week and packed in a full slate of committee […]

2022 Legislative Update – March 15-17

Legislative Summary This week, as the legislature looks toward the spring break next week, there were long calendars that kept both houses working throughout the day and into the night. […]

Legislative Update

The Legislative Update is a weekly e-newsletter from the Alabama State Bar providing status reports and summaries of legislative activity that may be of interest to our members. We send it every Friday during the Legislative Session. For questions or comments, contact Alabama State Bar Legislative Counsel Suzanne Huffaker at suzanne.huffaker@alabar.org. If you don’t receive the email, make sure your email preferences on your Member Dashboard are set to receive “non-official” emails.

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Court Cost Study

The Alabama State Bar requested that the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) review our current court cost structure within the State of Alabama with an emphasis on its relationship to court funding by the Alabama Legislature.

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