Bill Sponsor
David Sessions
Alabama · State Senator · District 35 · Republican
Overview
Bills
Votes
Address
Room 734, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone
334-261-0882
Address
Room 734, 11 S. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone
334-261-0882
Featured Bills
May 17, 2024
Became Law
Sponsor
Alabama Senate Bill 152
State Pilotage Commission as Class 2 municipality, commission may regulate maritime data used in Mobile Bay.
Became Law
May 07, 2024
Failed in Senate
Sponsor
Alabama Senate Bill 276
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
Active
Apr 04, 2024
Passed Senate
Sponsor
Alabama Senate Bill 204
Domestic and Foreign Corporations; annual report requirement removed
Active
Mar 14, 2024
Became Law
Sponsor
Alabama Senate Resolution 25
Captain Marisa Lee Futral, mourned
Became Law
Jun 14, 2023
Became Law
Sponsor
Alabama Senate Bill 213
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.
Became Law
Recent Votes
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Roll of the S for Vote 1211 on HB145 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 145
Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Roll of the S for Vote 1210 on HB145 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 145
Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Roll of the S for Vote 1204 on HB388 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 388
Blount County, taxation of vapor and alternative nicotine products
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Roll of the S for Vote 1203 on HB388 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 388
Blount County, taxation of vapor and alternative nicotine products
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Roll of the S for Vote 1206 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 478
Covington Co., sheriff, booking fee distributed to sheriff's law enforcement fund.
May 9, 2024
Voted Yes
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Yes
Roll of the S for Vote 1205 on HB478 (2024 Regular Session)
Passed
Alabama House Bill 478
Covington Co., sheriff, booking fee distributed to sheriff's law enforcement fund.