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Local Legislation Committee, Alabama State Senate
The Local Legislation Committee is a standing committee of the Alabama State Senate. This committee was created in 2015 when the senate reorganized its local legislation committees.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Alabama State Senate are assigned by the Committee on Assignments, consisting of the president pro tempore, the presiding officer, the senate majority leader, and three additional members appointed by the president pro tempore. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. [1][2]
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | Local Legislation, to which committee shall be referred all bills and other matters concerning local legislation in counties other than Jefferson, Mobile, Madison, and Shelby. Local legislation under this rule shall consist of any bill that applies to any political subdivision or subdivisions of the state less than the whole, exclusive of those counties excepted under this rule. The Committee on Local Legislation shall consist of 3 members.[3][4] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Local Legislation Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Local Legislation Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Local Legislation Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Local Legislation Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (0) | |||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to the Presiding Officer," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 47-b)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 48)
- ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Senate Rules Relating to Committees," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 48-16-a)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.