Sen. Arthur Orr

Primary SB 75

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

Appropriations

In committee Feb 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 61

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024, established to provide education savings accounts (ESAs) for parents of children to use in providing education services for those children.

Education

In committee Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 58

In committee · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

DNA; prohibit taking and disclosure without express consent

Discrimination & Civil Protections

In committee Feb 6, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 176

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

To create the Students' Right to Know Act of 2023; to require the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to collect data and create an interactive online tool for students for use in making informed decisions relating to education and professions; and to require the commission and Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce to share data and information as necessary to comply with this act.

Student Right to Know Act of 2023, ACHE required to collect and make available online data for students to plan for their educational and professional futures, Workforce Division of the Department of Commerce to share data and information with ACHE

Signed into law Jun 16, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 197

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to state agencies; to require state agencies to take certain measures to prevent fraud before paying benefits to recipients.

Public benefits, agencies required to consult with Department of Examiners of Public Accounts before processing claims

Signed into law Jun 16, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 56

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to public K-12 schools; to add Section 16-39-13 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to require local boards of education to install, maintain, and operate video cameras in certain self-contained classrooms providing special education services, if the funding to do so is available; and to provide protections for the use of video recordings.

Education, use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms required

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 100

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to state government; to amend Sections 41-4-114, 41-4-120, 41-4-122 as last amended by Act 2022-357 of the 2022 Regular Session, 41-4-124, 41-4-125, Section 41-4-126 as last amended by Act 2022-357 of the 2022 Regular Session, 41-4-139, 41-4-172, 29-2-41.1 Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide exemptions to the state procurement code; to further provide for the authority to make emergency procurements and the review of those procurements by the Contract Review Legislative Oversight Committee; to provide for the procurement of certain health professionals who provide services to the Medicaid Agency under certain conditions; to further provide for the definition of professional services to include the management and administration of occupational licensing boards; to provide for the procurement of supplies, services, and professional services by district attorneys or sheriffs; to provide for the change of the name of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer to the Division of Procurement; and to add Section 41-4-125.01 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the procurement of physicians retained to provide medical services to the State of Alabama.

Finance Department; Division of Procurement; procurement of certain professional services, exceptions further provided

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 198

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to sentencing; to amend Sections 12-25-34.2, 13A-4-1, 13A-4-2, 13A-4-3, 13A-5-6, 15-18-8, and 15-22-54, Code of Alabama 1975, to add additional offenses that would be subject to the presumptive sentencing guidelines; to modify the criminal penalties for criminal solicitation, attempt, and criminal conspiracy; to give a judge discretion when sentencing a person convicted of a Class C or Class D felony offense; 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.

Sentencing; to further provide for presumptive sentencing guidelines, to modify criminal penalties for criminal solicitation, attempt, and criminal conspiracy, give judge discretion regarding sentencing for Class C and D felonies, to further provide for the habitual felony offender law

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 175

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

To establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program; to provide grant award payments to eligible adult learners; to provide eligibility standards, and to provide for administration by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; relating to grants for short-term credentials; to establish the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program to provide grants to Alabama residents to help them earn short-term credentials; to determine eligible recipients; to establish procedures for administering the program; to set forth the process by which the program will be funded; and to repeal the Alabama Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act commencing with Section 40-18-422, Code of Alabama 1975.

ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, established to provide financial incentives for adult learners to return to college and obtain degrees

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 299

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the Coal Production Tax Credit; to amend Section 40-18-220, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the credit to be claimed against both income and utility services taxes; to allow the credits to be earned by all persons that increase their production of coal mined in Alabama from the prior year; to allow any unused credits to be carried forward for no more than five years;

Relating to economic tax incentives; to establish sunset provisions and reporting guidelines

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors