HB 508

Public Service Commission; number of commissioners expanded to represent congressional districts, phase-in by election provided, term of office revised, position of Secretary of Energy established as cabinet member, calculation of electric utility rates revised; rate hearings authorized

Etowah County; number of continuous days that lodging must be supplied before lodging tax no longer applies extended

Etowah County, obsolete laws repealed

Etowah County, privilege and license tax on lodging, time of continuous supply for tax exemption increased

Etowah County, membership of personnel board

Public K-12 education; Advanced Math Pathway created and provided for

Macon County; constitutional amendment, age limit to qualify for election or appointment as judge of probate increased to age 75

Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment

Campaign finance statements; redaction required of residential addresses of candidates and officials

Elections; voting rights restoration process revised; Alabama Voting Rights Act Commission established to prevent discrimination in voting; duties and membership provided; Secretary of State required to establish database on election administration

Campus chaplains; public K-12 schools authorized to accept as volunteers, local boards of education and governing bodies authorized to vote on whether to allow, limitations provided

Fair Campaign Practices Act; authorize notifications of civil penalties by electronic mail in lieu of certified mail in certain circumstances

Prohibit use of ranked choice voting; withhold funding for use

Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials

An Act requiring a group supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot proposition in a state or local election to maintain an address in the state; amending campaign contribution disclosure requirements; requiring the disclosure of certain persons who coordinate and aggregate individual campaign contributions; limiting contributions to groups or nongroup entities that make only independent expenditures; requiring certain groups and nongroup entities to register with the Alaska Public Offices Commission as majority-nonresident-funded entities; requiring certain disclosures in communications funded by independent expenditures; relating to disbursement of campaign assets after an election; and providing for an effective date.

Baltimore County Board of Education - Alterations of Elected Member Districts and Establishment of Redistricting Process

To permit the county commission to appoint a county commissioner to a convention and visitor’s bureau as a voting member

Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections