Sen. Arthur Orr

Primary SB 103

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the State Ethics Commission; to require the commission to provide an alleged violator with certain evidence; and to amend Section 36-25-24, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide whistle blower protection to employees reporting ethics violations.

Ethics Commission, requirement to provide exonerating evidence to accused

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 205

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank; to amend Sections 23-7-2 and 23-7-15, Code of Alabama 1975, to include additional entities, including tax increment districts, Alabama improvement districts, and cooperative improvement districts, as government units that may receive loans or financial assistance from the bank; to reduce the minimum project cost to be eligible for assistance from the bank; and to further provide for the bank's annual reporting requirements.

State Government; Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank; further provide for which entities may receive loans by the bank; minimum project cost to be eligible for assistance, reduced

Signed into law Jun 14, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SJR 87

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

MOURNING THE DEATH OF MR. LYNN CURRY FOWLER.

Lynn Curry Fowler, Death Mourned

Signed into law Jun 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 101

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

To amend Sections 29-9-2, 29-9-3, and 29-9-4, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Acts 2022-139 and 2022-358 of the 2022 Regular Session, and Sections 29-9-5, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve Act, to provide additional definitions; to provide further for annual Education Trust Fund appropriations; to provide further for the distribution of revenues received in excess of appropriations; to create the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund and provide for the funding and appropriations from the fund; to revise the allowable uses of withdrawals from the Budget Stabilization Fund to eliminate temporary loans for repairs; and to repeal obsolete Section 29-9-2.1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975.

Appropriations, Rolling Reserve Act amended to provide for the annual appropriations from the Education Trust Fund and distribution of excess revenues, Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund established

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 300

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

To create the School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act and the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System for public K-12 education; to provide for the creation and implementation of a mentoring program for new principals and a continuing professional learning program for principals and assistant principals; and to provide annual stipends for each principal and assistant principal who satisfactorily completes the program.

Alabama School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act, created

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 86

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to income taxes; to provide a one-time refundable income tax credit to qualified taxpayers to partially offset the amount of sales taxes paid on groceries throughout the tax year; to create the Refundable Tax Credit Fund in the State Treasury; to provide that refundable credits would not be taxable for Alabama income tax purposes; and to provide an effective date.

One-time rebate for qualified tax payers.

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 88

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

FY24 Education Trust Fund - Governor's Rec.

FY24 Education Trust Fund - Governor's Rec.

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 87

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, from the Education Trust Fund to various agencies and entities in a total amount of $2,787,667,309.

FY23 ETF Supplemental Appropriation Bill

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 85

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to the salaries of public education employees; to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule to reflect a pay increase of two percent beginning with the fiscal year 2023-2024; to provide that each employee of certain boards of education shall receive the pay increase according to placement on the appropriate salary step; to require the appropriate increases on the State Minimum Salary Schedule; to provide support employees with a two percent pay increase beginning with the fiscal year 2023-2024; to require salary schedules; to provide the employees of certain other public educational institutions and schools with a two percent pay increase for the 2023-2024 fiscal year; to provide for an across the board salary increase on all two-year postsecondary salary schedules, to establish other requirements on the two-year postsecondary salary schedules; and to establish miscellaneous pay provisions relating to public education.

Public education employees, including K-12, postsecondary education, and AIDB, salary increase

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 269

Signed into law · Alabama Senate · Lead sponsor

Relating to education; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to provide grants to local schools to assist with capital project, deferred maintenance, or technology needs; to provide the purposes for which grant funds can be used; to establish the process for grant applications and approvals; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program Fund in the State Treasury; and to provide an effective date.

Education, K-12 Capital Grant Program established within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, grant process and criteria established, fund established

Signed into law Jun 1, 2023 0 co-sponsors