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Supporters said the measure will let teachers enter information once on the state'level system — PowerSchool — and cut repetitive data entry. \"We want to keep teachers from having to put the same data in over and over and over,\" Representative Collins said on the floor while explaining the bill's purpose and the substitute. Collins said the bill substitutes federal programs from state paperwork because the state does not have authority to streamline federal requirements.

The bill directs the State Department of Education to rely on a single platform for certain state reporting and sets up a committee to review paperwork and recommend reductions. An adopted floor amendment directed the State Public Education Paperwork Reduction Committee to \"take into consideration ongoing efforts to effectively streamline paperwork to avoid duplication of efforts,\" and inserted language giving the literacy and elementary math task forces a clearer role in determining fidelity requirements for state programs.

During floor debate several lawmakers praised the bill''noting teachers'workloads and the time spent on administrative tasks. \"I really wanna commend our Alabama Reading Initiative group,\" Collins said, pointing to prior training that helped reduce paperwork in some districts. Representative Moore asked about how much additional time the new system would require and urged ongoing training and local technical support. \"We gotta make sure the technology that they're using is up to date and running,\" Moore said.

Representative Bracey and other speakers said the bill addresses redundancy and will help teachers spend more time on instruction. Representatives pressed the sponsor on details of implementation: whether the work is virtual or in-person, whether all systems are on PowerSchool, and how smaller districts would receive training. Collins said the Alabama Reading Initiative and other state providers had offered in-person training across districts and that the bill does not create a new system but intends to continue and consolidate recent work.

A recorded vote on final passage showed the substitute, as amended, passed overwhelmingly on the floor. The House adopted a committee substitute, a floor amendment to clarify the bill would not require a new system and would preserve the task force role, then approved final passage by recorded vote: 101 yeas, 0 nays.

The bill now returns to the Senate as amended. Implementation details in the bill direct the State Board and the task forces to provide reports and to coordinate training and monitoring; the floor debate repeatedly emphasized that teachers need continued in-person help beyond an initial training.

Lawmakers and staff said budget or dedicated staffing questions for local technical support are not fully specified in the bill text; those remain implementation items the department and the task force will address.

The House exchange underscored two recurring concerns from members: (1) ensuring equitable access to training and technical support for small and rural districts, and (2) protecting teachers from additional after-hours work when data systems change. Supporters said the bill includes an oversight and reporting structure to surface those problems to the State Board and task forces.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Alabama House","oneSentenceSummary","The Alabama House on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 280, a measure intended to reduce duplicate paperwork for K'12 teachers, after adopting a committee substitute and a floor amendment that clarifies the bill's scope and preserves the role of existing literacy and numeracy task forces.","taxTitle","House, Alabama Legislative Sessions, Alabama","taxId",62182,"location","Alabama","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6566520,"House approves measure to let Alabama build a criminal-enterprise database for law enforcement with reporting requirements",1926,4306000,6232000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3204862-5e39ece9eadf6e5d7ebfa079a56eec12&start=4306&end=6232","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3204862-5e39ece9eadf6e5d7ebfa079a56eec12/thumbnail_4306000.jpg","/articles/6566520/Alabama/House-approves-measure-to-let-Alabama-build-a-criminal-enterprise-database-for-law-enforcement-with-reporting-requirements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566520-2945bc6fd625b8a66aef0154b0f82dba/orig.mp4?Expires=1770819139&Signature=KXvmmnAm9sCsPnpinhqwHVfIG9q8Rm1o4~UH6NyP2RPcmhwD7N5Ao4WbYyM4HPG-xtUK~36VStaBRsYBqebm866rxWjfhm-y3w8eNMddIbBKVDLvEVyvTBe-ZwEtsxSOIEJl8F72Z5RcgHU32WMrTVfoUu5Y3ih0S-kSrM9A3iqo0Vl3fCVUe9appj7tOq26g7oMi-tV73MJZQogyOH7g4bbLasu10Do6KYrcIb0lGPyoJEiTYxq0vngrNYh6sXsd36jVaiTnCyWrgottyLLhdZejp05NL~2PhKAxVycL8UHv3kPK1VnT7ipwL28132FxDdRetOB2iMv5MI74mpKLg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House agreed to authorize the state to pursue creation of a criminal-enterprise intelligence database after floor debate that focused on access, oversight and safeguards for sensitive data.

Sponsor floor remarks described the measure as a vehicle for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to accept funding and build an intelligence repository that participating law enforcement agencies can use to share non-criminal-intelligence information for investigations across jurisdictions. \"This is a stand-alone database for intelligence gathering purposes only,\" the bill sponsor said on the floor, adding that the database would not be commingled with criminal-history records and would include federal safeguards for retention and purging of data.

House members pressed how access would be limited and audited. Lawmakers asked whether local, smaller agencies would be able to access the system and whether prosecutors could be granted access. The presenter said access will be restricted to trained and certified investigators and that prosecutors could possibly be given access \"under the same parameters,\" with federal-style oversight on purging and data protection. \"It is not probable cause in and of itself — it's intelligence,\" a floor speaker said, describing how entries would prompt local verification and follow-up rather than serve as evidence by themselves.

Members also questioned whether the bill would impose ongoing costs and where funding would come from; the sponsor said the bill creates the statutory framework but that funding has not yet been appropriated. Several members pressed for periodic reporting; the Senate amendment added specified reporting requirements for the Secretary of ALEA to provide an annual report listing what data is being held and safeguards applied.

Supporters argued the database is intended to help law enforcement connect scattered intelligence across municipal and county boundaries, especially for crimes that cross jurisdictional lines. \"Crime does not stop at a city limit,\" one supporter said, and the database would allow law enforcement agencies to share data more effectively.

After debate, members approved the bill on the floor. The transcript records that the bill \"has passed.\" Lawmakers asked for follow-up reporting and the sponsor noted models in other states and regional intel centers already in operation.

The bill's floor record leaves open budget and staffing details; the sponsor said ALEA would pursue funding and that the statute includes reporting requirements added in the Senate version.","The Alabama House on Tuesday cleared legislation giving state law enforcement the authority to create a criminal-enterprise intelligence database, after members debated access controls, prosecutorial use and reporting requirements.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6566516,"Votes at a glance: Key measures the House adopted on Tuesday",8083,6251000,14334000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3204862-5e39ece9eadf6e5d7ebfa079a56eec12&start=6251&end=14334","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3204862-5e39ece9eadf6e5d7ebfa079a56eec12/thumbnail_6251000.jpg","/articles/6566516/Alabama/Votes-at-a-glance-Key-measures-the-House-adopted-on-Tuesday","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566516-e98a5566f4fe16121b730761935f9cfe/orig.mp4?Expires=1770837248&Signature=mz~~TeYkEvwMf8-Lww2oolwB-0R3lb89zkUqOd7GntGkiTID9mLx~HYH1LXgtmn1B39iGfLEmDffpJVNxXOuyYxiyQSAQvX9MKNA~HEvGLwhh54fu1rMGydj8EWrb9L~NUV8q6kmHoOKyd~1Dez-G8INRQLtPkGyVTFXRz6EhLxFunQQN5Cb6viWt0vtwmsUumRJ4z2XZ62JqyM48dhKIm1sXuQvg1tPgeWMi1BKSh0LJVuEDgsmUADMd~O5jSOph4NC~avPZoXP2GMxVye9e7W3Hnozs40t6QiJbbfIKzk-eNbLnXrnSdPii-UofepXvOrpmWFm-8XB~HfwdFwQ~A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alabama House recorded final action on multiple bills during Tuesday's floor session. Below is a concise listing of each measure, a one-line description of what it does (based on floor remarks), and the outcome recorded in the House transcript.

Votes at a glance

- SB 211 (public schools) — Changes who may press charges when an individual unlawfully goes on a school bus; \"SB 211 has passed\" (recorded vote shown in floor record: 94 ayes, 0 nays).

- SB 280 (teacher paperwork streamlining act) — Consolidates state-level teacher reporting onto the state system, directs task force review and reporting; passed as substitute and amended (final recorded vote: 101 yays, 0 nays).

- SB 241 (criminal enterprise database) — Authorizes a criminal-enterprise intelligence database for use by law enforcement; passed (floor record: bill passed).

- SB 196 (Move On When Ready Act) — Allows eligible juniors/seniors to enroll full-time in college while earning high-school credit; passed (100 yays, 2 nays recorded).

- SB 253 (massage therapy board reconstitution) — Reconstitutes the Alabama Massage Therapy Board and moves licensing functions to the nursing board; passed (recorded: 100 yays, 0 nays).

- SB 233 (Advalorem advisory committee) — Adds two taxpayer seats to the statewide ad valorem advisory committee; passed (103 ayes, 0 nays recorded).

- SB 289 (State Board of Education curriculum language) — Requires local and state boards to adopt curriculum that communicates a \"success sequence\" (graduate high school, get a job, delay parenthood) as age-appropriate; passed (floor record: SB 289 passes).

- SB 177 (Alabama Film Office rename) — Renames Alabama Film Office to Alabama Entertainment Office and adds music; passed (101 yays, 0 nays recorded).

- SB 317 (Alabama Innovation Corporation) — Staggers at-large board terms for the innovation corporation; passed (102 yays, 0 nays recorded).

- SB 321 (Dry Cleaning Response Trust Fund) — Lowers the corpus requirement for the dry-cleaners' response fund to allow the board to operate; passed (101 yays, 0 nays recorded).

- SB 5 (Department of Archives and History board changes) — Reconstitutes the state's archives and history board; passed after floor debate and adoption of a House amendment (74 yays, 29 nays recorded).

- SB 123 (Alabama Justice Information Center reporting) — Technical update requiring civil case numbers be included in ALEA publications related to seizures; passed (102 yays, 0 nays recorded).

- SB 271 (municipal franchise tax freeze for gas utilities) — Freezes franchise tax and requires a local vote to increase; passed (84 yays, 1 nay recorded).

- SB 316 / HB 316 (ABC / distillery licensing) — Creates a mechanism for distillery/tourism licensing (Bourbon-trail type incentives); passed (81 yays, 4 nays recorded).

- SB 35 / HB 53 / related (immigration / human smuggling) — House passed substitute creating an offense of human smuggling for knowingly transporting an unlawful immigrant for commercial purposes and added specified exceptions (health care, noncommercial religious or charitable transport, governmental purposes); passed on final passage.

- SB 63 (fingerprints/DNA for detained noncitizens) — Authorizes local collection of fingerprints/DNA for processing at state crime lab for detained noncitizens (transcript passage recorded).

House concurrence actions (selected)

The House also concurred with multiple Senate amendments to House bills during the session. A selection recorded in the transcript includes concurrence on: HB 320 (contracts for public works; concurred), HB 84 (Board of Chiropractic Examiners technical language; concurred), HB 281 (zoning appeals timing changes; concurred), HB 338 (key-fob language update; concurred), HB 52 (ABLE technical alignment; concurred), HB 158 (COLA timing for retirees; concurred), HB 163 (R&D tax credits timing; concurred), HB 86 (rural health-care tax credit priorities; concurred), HB 353 (DA pay decoupling from judges; concurred), HB 386 (grocery tax / local option consolidation; concurred), HB 441 (speech pathology assistant technical conforming changes; concurred), and others listed in the floor record.

What to watch next

- Funding and implementation steps: multiple bills (criminal-enterprise database, teacher-paperwork streamlining, archives board changes) depend on subsequent appropriations or agency rulemaking. Watch agency reports and budget requests.
- Oversight and reporting: the Senate amendment to the criminal-enterprise database added reporting; House debate on the archives board amendment focused on appointment and confirmation processes. Both items are likely to draw follow-up oversight and stakeholder comment.

This roundup reflects floor motions, amendments and recorded results as given in the session transcript.","A compact listing of bills that received final action during the House floor session, with short descriptions and the floor outcome as recorded in the session transcript.","actionData","errors"]

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