Title 29

At the close of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of State must select all the papers belonging to the Legislature, except such as relate to unfinished business, and deposit them in the office…

The engrossed copies of all laws and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature must be preserved by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. (Code 1867, §39; Code 1876, §45; Code 1886, §39; Code 1896, §2222; Code…

(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort all papers and documents of their respective houses relating to the unfinished business of the session and arrange them in files, as fo…

The records, papers and documents thus arranged, filed and labeled must be delivered to the Secretary of State, who, upon receipt of the same, must certify that such secretary and clerk have, respectively, complied with the requirements of Section 29-1-16. No warrant shall be dra…

No standing committee of the House of Representatives, except a committee on local legislation, shall be composed of more than 15 members. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 213; Code 1940, T. 32, §6; Acts 1963, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 162.)

(a) The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol. The Senate shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable spac…

(a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama may control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex in the City of Montgomery and the grounds of the State Capitol building, viz: That portion of King Street and Pelham Street, lying between…

(a) The Alabama Senate shall consist of 35 members. Each member elected shall reside in the district which he or she represents or seeks to represent. The State of Alabama is divided into 35 Senate Districts as provided in subsection (b). (b) The numbers and boundaries of the dis…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2001 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION BY ACT 2001-727 AND ACT 2001-729, EFFECTIVE JULY 3, 2001. (Acts 1982, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82-629, p. 3, §5; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-154, p. 163, §5.)

(a) Any legal action which contests the validity of any redistricting or reapportionment plan, or any portion of any such plan, for the state Senate, state House of Representatives, United States Congress, State Board of Education, or any other statewide redistricting or reapport…

The Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature when purchasing new equipment for the use of the House. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to trade in any equipment purch…

Salaries or compensation of officers and employees of the Alabama Legislature and any other persons paid by or by authority of the legislative department of the State of Alabama whose salary is established by statute or whose salary is subject to minimum or maximum amounts establ…

(a) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Historical Commission shall establish a rate or price for the production of each restored desk of the legislative chambers to be used in the renovated State Capitol building. The legislative chairs and/or desks used i…

(a) This section may be referred to as the Ozone Transport Oversight Act of 1997. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all of the following: (1) The Federal Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., contains a comprehensive regulatory scheme for the control …

(a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the Legislature shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication. (b) The alternative method…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act. (b) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as provided in subsection (c), a member of the Legislature, during his or her term of office, may not be …

The Legislature shall meet annually at the Capitol, in the Senate chamber and in the hall of the House of Representatives, unless at any time it should, from any cause, become impossible or dangerous for the Legislature to meet or remain at the Capitol or for the Senate to meet o…

The Legislature shall convene in organizational session on the second Tuesday in January following its election and shall remain in session for not longer than 10 consecutive calendar days. Commencing in the year 1999, the annual regular sessions of the Alabama Legislature shall …

No special session of the Legislature shall continue for longer than 12 legislative days and 30 calendar days. (Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 11; Code 1940, T. 32, §5; Acts 1951, No. 33, p. 242, §2.)

The oath of office may be administered to the members of the Legislature by any judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit, district or probate court, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Presi…

(a) Members of the Legislature of Alabama shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and shall not be subject to service of any summons, citation or other civil process during their attendance at the session of their respective h…

Repealed by Section 49 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (Code 1852, §43; Code 1867, §49; Code 1876, §43; Code 1886, §43; Code 1896, §2226; Code 1907, §914; Code 1923, §1521; Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 11; Code 1940, T. 32, §12; Act 2012-269.)

The compensation of all members of the legislative interim committees provided for by joint resolution or by act of the two houses of the Legislature shall be $10.00 per day for the entire time while engaged in its work, except in cases of adjournment exceeding three days. The me…