HB521

Board of Registrars; background checks required, authorize pay during emergencies, qualification for compensation during holidays and emergencies specified

Chamber Passed·3/17/26

Alabama HB521 requires background checks for board of registrars candidates, specifies pay during emergencies, and allows registrars to omit personal.

Alabama HB521 mandates that candidates for the board of registrars undergo a criminal background check. It also requires the state to pay the salaries of these boards during county, state, or national emergencies. Additionally, it allows registrars to omit personal information from voter registration lists, except for their names. The bill specifies the number of working days for boards of registrars in various counties and treats registrars as state employees for Social Security and emergency relief purposes.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 101–0 · Mar 17
Current
Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

102 Yea

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0 Nay

1 Not Voting

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2 Absent

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Calendar

Mar 4

1:30 PM

House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing

History

Mar 31

Senate

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

Mar 31

Senate

Pending Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Mar 17

House

Third Reading in House of Origin