Rise to the Moment of Truth Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Tag: ALABAMA HOUSE

Kay Ivey Alabama News
House passes resolution naming Attorney General’s office building after Kay Ivey

The Alabama House passed a resolution last week naming the Attorney General’s office building in Montgomery after Governor Kay Ivey.

Allen Treadaway Alabama News
Alabama House passes legislation establishing scholarship program for children, spouses of ‘long serving’ law enforcement officers

Legislation establishing a scholarship program for children and spouses of long-serving law enforcement officers passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Breast Cancer Mammogram screening Alabama News
Alabama House set to vote on bills eliminating patient costs for certain breast, prostate screenings

The Alabama House will vote Tuesday on two bills to eliminate patient costs to certain breast and prostate cancer screenings.

Nathaniel Ledbetter, 1/22/2026 Alabama News
Ledbetter says 'App Store Accountability Act' early highlight of the session, expects Child Predator Death Penalty Act on the floor next week

Day 6 is in the books for the Alabama House of Representatives, meaning lawmakers completed two weeks of the 2026 legislative session as of Thursday.

HB77 vote, 1/20/2026 Alabama News
Deer feed tax exemption, fix for disabled veterans property tax exemption approved as Alabama House enters second week

The Alabama House of Representatives began showing signs of life as lawmakers returned to Montgomery for the fourth day of the legislative session.

Nathaniel Ledbetter, Garlan Gudger Alabama News
Drama erupts between House, Senate as both refuse to pass each other's bills; State Sen. Jones threatens filibuster for remainder of session

Lawmakers in the House and Senate engaged in a brief bout of gamesmanship on Tuesday, with both bodies refusing to pass one another’s bills in a legislative donnybrook that started in the Senate.

Alabama Capitol Alabama News
Charles Kiplinger: Are our elected officials truly representing us?

The elected legislator is supposed to be the voice of the people, but what if you can't get in touch with that elected voice?

House Floor Alabama News
Feud erupts between the House and Senate — Both bodies refuse votes on the other's bills

In an apparent feud between the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House purposefully delayed voting on several Senate bills Tuesday evening, carrying them over to the call of the chair.

DSC03502 Alabama News
House Democratic caucus pushes back against Gov. Ivey's proposed school choice bill

On Wednesday, the Alabama House Democratic caucus came out in staunch opposition to Gov. Kay Ivey’s proposed school choice legislation that will be debated during the 2024 legislative session.  

AL Senate Ashley Carter Alabama News
Justin Bogie: Is the Alabama Senate letting tax relief efforts slowly die?

Alabama’s government had a more than $3 billion combined budget surplus entering 2023. Yet lawmakers still seem reluctant to give “too much” of that surplus back to its rightful owners.

election, vote, voting Alabama News
Alabama House extends period between primary election and runoff in 2024, a change probate judges wish to make permanent

The Alabama House of Representatives has voted to adjust the runoff date in the 2024 election cycle to prevent collision with Eater, but probate judges want the change to be permanent.

Talkingpoints2 Alabama News
Speed bump: Anti-ballot harvesting bill slows pace, prolongs gridlock in Alabama House

It was a matter of time before the breakaway progress of the Alabama House's 2023 legislative session hit a speed bump, but last week's passage of State Rep. Jamie Kiel's (R-Russellville) anti-ballot harvesting bill appears to have been that mechanism.