Rep. Ernie Yarbrough

Primary HB 458

Signed into law · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to boards of registrars; to amend Section 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-112 of the 2022 Regular Session, to increase the maximum number of working days the Lawrence County Board of Registrars may meet each fiscal year.

Lawrence County, Board of Registrars, maximum number of days increased.

Signed into law Jun 12, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HR 273

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

MOURNING THE DEATH AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF MADISON BROOKE KELSOE.

Madison Brooke Kelsoe, Death Mourned

Introduced May 31, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 261

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

CELEBRATING MRS. BONNIE JEAN BEILHART STANLEY HARNDEN ON THE OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

Bonnie Jean Beilhart Stanley Harnden, Commended

Introduced May 31, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 514

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to firearms; to prohibit the enforcement of any red flag law in this state; and to provide a cause of action for the enforcement of a red flag law.

Firearms, to prohibit enforcement of red flag laws in this state

Introduced May 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 513

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to self-defense, to amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a person's use of physical force in defending himself, herself, or another person is presumed reasonable; to further provide for the immunity received by a person whose use of physical force on another person is justified self-defense; to shift the burden of proving a person's use of physical force is not justified to the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Self-defense, to create presumption of reasonableness and further provide for immunity

Introduced May 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 454

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to abortion; to amend Sections 13A-3-30 and 13A-6-1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide legislative findings; to amend the definition of "person" to include an unborn child from the moment of fertilization; to provide duress as a defense to a murder charge against a woman for the death of her unborn child; to prohibit certain criminal prosecutions for certain medical care resulting in incidental or unintentional death or injury to an unborn child, provided all other reasonable alternatives to the medical care were exhausted; to repeal provisions prohibiting certain prosecutions for lawful abortions and against any woman with respect to her unborn child; to provide that prosecutions of homicide or assault where the victim is unborn shall be treated the same as if he or she were born alive; 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.

Abortion, definition of "person" for purposes of certain crimes, amended to include unborn child; defense of duress, provided to woman for murder charge of her unborn child; provision prohibiting certain prosecutions against a woman relating to her unborn child, repealed; criminal prosecutions related to incidental death of unborn child, prohibited in certain circumstances

Introduced May 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 324

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to vaccinations; to prohibit an employer, a place of public accommodation, and an occupational licensing board from discriminating based on immunization status.

Vaccinations, discrimination based on immunization status by certain public entities, prohibited

Introduced Apr 13, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 295

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their families; and to provide for legal remedies.

Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children

Introduced Apr 11, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track