Summary#
HR 354, titled “SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR,” is an Alabama House resolution setting the order of business for the 30th legislative day, identified as Thursday, April 9, 2026. It does not amend an Act or itself make the policy changes described in the listed bills; its goal is to give those bills priority over regular, pending, or unfinished business that day. The supplied status says the resolution was adopted by voice vote.
- It places the following bills on the special order calendar, in this order: SB 378 on dam safety; SB 92 on campaign contributions made with credit cards billed outside the U.S.; SB 159 on utility-tax exemptions for certain agricultural uses; SB 93 on mayors breaking tie votes in municipalities with even-numbered councils; and SB 292 on preventing real-property title fraud.
- Next in order are SB 9 on vaping and the Clean Indoor Air Act; SB 342 on enforcement of an athletic-eligibility nondiscrimination provision; SB 318 on the crime of sexual torture; SB 99 on displaying the Ten Commandments in certain public schools when donations are available; and SB 59 on public colleges’ funding reports and plans for funding reductions.
- The remaining scheduled bills are SB 273 on second-degree stalking penalties; SB 265 on tax abatements for data processing centers; SB 5, a proposed constitutional amendment on weekly broadcasts of the Star-Spangled Banner in public K–12 schools; SB 364 on required school instruction in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and mediation; and SB 298 on law-enforcement staffing requirements in certain municipalities.
- The resolution sets priority for consideration; it does not require the House to pass any of the listed bills.
What it means for you#
- House members: The listed bills are to take precedence over regular, pending, or unfinished business on that legislative day.
- People and organizations affected by the listed policies: HR 354 itself does not impose the listed bills’ proposed rules, taxes, duties, or penalties. Those changes would depend on the bills’ own passage and legal effect.
- General public: The resolution does not directly change rights, services, taxes, or obligations.
Money#
No publicly available information on costs is included in the supplied material.
- HR 354 sets the House’s order of business; it does not itself authorize spending or impose a fee or tax.
- The scheduled bills may have separate financial effects, but their full texts and fiscal information were not supplied.
What is unclear#
- The supplied material gives brief descriptions, not the full texts, of the scheduled bills. Their detailed rules, exceptions, and costs cannot be verified here.
- The resolution does not say whether the House will reach a vote on every scheduled bill or what the outcome of any vote will be.
- It sets the order for the 30th legislative day only; it does not say what happens to bills not considered that day.
Case for#
- A special order calendar gives the House a clear list of bills to take up before other pending business on that day.
- Setting the order in advance may help the House focus its work on the listed measures.
- The resolution schedules consideration but does not itself decide whether any bill should pass.
Case against#
- Giving these bills priority means other pending or unfinished business may receive less attention that day.
- The resolution sets no time for debate and does not guarantee that the listed bills will be considered or voted on.
- Without the full bill texts or fiscal information, the public cannot assess the effects of the listed proposals from HR 354 alone.