MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature on Tuesday will convene for the 24th day of its 2021 regular session.
The House will convene at 1:00 p.m., while the Senate gets in at 2:00 p.m.
The lower chamber will not take up SB 46, the medical marijuana bill, on this day, April 20.
You can view the day’s House special order calendar, which is relatively noncontroversial, here.
Before the chambers gavel in, two especially noteworthy committee meetings will take place.
At 1:00 p.m., House Urban and Rural Development will finally take up SB 215, which is aimed at expanding affordable, high-quality broadband access to all Alabamians.
House Ways and Means Education at the same time will take up an agenda that leads off with HB 88 by Rep. Rolanda Hollis (D-Birmingham). This bill would require public schools at which students in grade-five or beyond are enrolled to provide feminine hygiene products free of-charge in female restrooms.
Senate Governmental Affairs will meet at 1:00 p.m., considering an 11-bill agenda. This will include Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton’s (D-Greensboro) SB 370 to legalize and implement the option of curbside voting in Alabama for those with disabilities, pregnant women and any other eligible voters allowed under rules adopted by the secretary of state. All six Democrats in the Senate are cosponsoring the legislation, which comes as Republicans have advanced Rep. Wes Allen’s (R-Troy) HB 285, a bill to ban curbside voting in the state. HB 285 has passed the House, been approved by a Senate committee and only awaits final Senate passage.
Alabama law does not currently provide for curbside voting, however, the practice is also not explicitly barred.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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