The 2023 legislative session began on March 7, 2023 and ended June 6, 2023. Read our summary here. As we work to protect, defend, and expand civil rights and civil liberties for all Alabamians in the hallways, meeting rooms, and chambers of the State House, we need you to stand with us to make our voices heard.
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This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that, if enacted, would result in significantly widening Alabama’s detention net. Current constitutional language states that everyone has the right to bail,...
This bill would establish the Alabama Open Records Act, provide a process to provide citizens with better access to public records, provide procedures for making and responding to requests for access to...
This bill would establish the Alabama Forfeiture Accountability and Integrity Reform Act and would set out the exclusive process for asset forfeitures in the state, such as requiring the conviction of a...
This bill would make providing or helping someone to get an abortion a crime in Alabama with no exceptions for rape or incest. This legislation is extreme and goes too far in inserting government into a...
Both of these bills, introduced by Representative Hanes, are bills that would add more requirements for people to qualify to receive public benefits like SNAP and TANF. HB3 would require drug testing for...
This bill will update the current requirements for teaching sex ed to students, including taking out the provision that requires schools to teach that homosexuality "is not a lifestyle acceptable to the...