Senator • Republican
David Sessions
Alabama • District SD-035
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Activity Summary
Bills Sponsored
38
Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):
73% Positive
Voting Pattern
Nay: 40
Not Voting: 3
Other: 472
Yea: 3181
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Sponsored Bills
AL SB256•Passed
Mobile County; amend definition of municipal tax lien to authorize the inclusion of certain weed liens on a tax bill under certain circumstances; deem municipality as prevailing party in certain bid auctions resulting in a tie; authorize municipality to enter property to make repairs under certain circumstances; and authorize tax collecting official to sell a tax lien under certain circumstances.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB233•Passed
Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, membership revised
Primary Sponsor
AL SB300•Introduced
To amend 40-9-1; increasing the market value threshold amount for which tangible personal property is exempt from state ad valorem taxation
Primary Sponsor
AL SB107•Introduced
Sales and use tax, simplified sellers use tax (SSUT), recalculation of distributions based on annexations, deannexations, or incorporations, on fifth year after release of census commencing on January 1, 2026
Primary Sponsor
AL SB46•Passed
Class 2 municipalities, scrap tires, enforcement of Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act, jurisdiction of municipality court, criminal penalties
Primary Sponsor
AL SB224•Passed
Mobile County, electronic monitoring further provided for
Primary Sponsor
AL SB323•Introduced
Game breeder license; possessory interest in deer established; killing, testing, prohibition of transfer of deer by state agencies for disease prohibited, subject to exceptions
Primary Sponsor
AL SB133•Introduced
Juvenile court, required to provide written notification to local superintendent or principal of private K-12 school if student charged with or adjudicated delinquent for certain serious crimes; authorized to provide written notice of charges for or adjudication of delinquency for lesser crimes
Primary Sponsor
AL SB168•Introduced
State parks, early reservation and reduced rate permitted and required for state residents
Primary Sponsor
AL SB73•Introduced
Relating to Catastrophe Savings Accounts; expands allowable expenses
Primary Sponsor
AL SB152•Passed
State Pilotage Commission as Class 2 municipality, commission may regulate maritime data used in Mobile Bay.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB276•Introduced
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
Primary Sponsor
AL SB204•Engrossed
Domestic and Foreign Corporations; annual report requirement removed
Primary Sponsor
AL SB273•Introduced
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
Primary Sponsor
AL SB203•Introduced
State parks, advance campsite reservation at discounted rate to state residents
Primary Sponsor
AL SB110•Introduced
Relating to ad valorem taxation; to limit the assessed value of certain real property for ad valorem tax purposes, with exceptions.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB90•Introduced
Seafood products, country of origin, correct name, farm-raised or wild required disclosure by food service establishments
Primary Sponsor
AL SB45•Introduced
Fish Consumption; to create and provide procedures to implement fish consumption advisories
Primary Sponsor
AL SB213•Passed
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.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB339•Introduced
Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB89•Introduced
Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-1, Section 32-6-4, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, Section 32-6-5, Section 32-6-6, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, and Section 32-6-6.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the renewal of a driver license; to provide for an eight-year renewal period of driver licenses; and to provide for the required fee for the issuance of an eight-year driver license.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB147•Passed
Relating to livestock; to amend Section 3-5-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that no municipal governing body may adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, resolution, or directive that prohibits a person from permitting their livestock or animals to run at large on the premises of another or public land which does not require the same mens rea as state law; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB319•Passed
Agriculture and Industries, Commissioner, salary set beginning the next term of office, Sec. 2-2-5 am'd.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB203•Passed
Municipal courts, fines and fees, Administrative Office of Courts to annually collect data on revenue, budgets, etc., municipal courts to utilize the Ala. state judicial information system or information system integrated with state system, penalties, Finance Dept to provide report forms, Examiners of Public Accounts or CPA authorized to audit
Co-Sponsor
AL SB190•Engrossed
Redistricting, legal challenges against statewide plans, establish venue before 3-judge panel to hear challenge, Sec. 29-1-2.5 am'd.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB81•Passed
Alabama Trust Fund, virtual meetings, provided for, operation of board provided for, Sec. 36-17-21 added.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB224•Passed
Unemployment compensation, individual required to search for work a certain number of times per week to be eligible to receive benefits, Sec. 25-4-77 am'd.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB127•Introduced
Education, constitutional amendment, public K-12 schools required to play Star-Spangled Banner on schools and at school athletic events, const. amend.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB157•Introduced
Rural economic development, Rural Logging Support Act, established, taxpayers authorized to receive a tax credit for contributions to logging support organizations, exceptions for weight restrictions for certain vehicles used in forest commerce
Co-Sponsor
AL SB156•Introduced
Public assistance, requires compliance with child support enforcement programs to qualify for food assistance, Sec. 38-4-15 added.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB10•Introduced
Freedom of speech, service providers, prohibit from taking certain restrictive actions against a user based on content of speech expressed
Co-Sponsor
AL SB187•Engrossed
State Employee Retirees' Trust Fund Funding Act, State Employee Retirees' Trust Fund created in State Treasury as permanent trust and investment account to fund periodic bonus checks for state employee retirees
Co-Sponsor
AL SB84•Engrossed
Education, Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program board, may meet electronically, Sec. 16-33C-4.1 am'd.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB72•Passed
Public contracts, exemption from certain bid requirements for certain educational entities providing meals under the Child Nutrition Program, Secs. 16-13B-2.1, 41-16-51.2 added.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB318•Introduced
Motor vehicles, driver's licenses, renewal period increased from 4 to 8 years, Sec. 32-6-1 am'd.
Primary Sponsor
AL SB83•Passed
Airports, Alabama Airport Economic and Infrastructure Program, established within Transportation Dept., grants for improvements
Co-Sponsor
AL SB227•Passed
Mobile Co., judicial nominating commission established for circuit court and district court vacancies after January 2023, const. amend.
Co-Sponsor
AL SB120•Engrossed
Optometrists, practice of optometry further provided, Board of Optometry to regulate, to issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings, Secs. 20-2-2, 34-22-1, 34-22-42 am'd.
Co-Sponsor
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