Alabama § 29-1-4 Time of Meeting and Length of Organizational and Regular Sessions

Alabama Statutes

§ 29-1-4 — Time of Meeting and Length of Organizational and Regular Sessions

Alabama § 29-1-4

Title 29Legislature

Ch. 1General Provisions

Art. 1Members, Terms, Records, Etc

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 29-1-4 (2026).

Text

The Legislature shall convene in organizational session on the second Tuesday in January following its election and shall remain in session for not longer than 10 consecutive calendar days. Commencing in the year 1999, the annual regular sessions of the Alabama Legislature shall commence on the first Tuesday of February of the first, second, and third years of the term and on the second Tuesday in January of the fourth year of the term. The annual sessions shall not continue longer than 30 legislative days and 105 calendar days.

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The Legislature shall convene in organizational session on the second Tuesday in January following its election and shall remain in session for not longer than 10 consecutive calendar days. Commencing in the year 1999, the annual regular sessions of the Alabama Legislature shall commence on the first Tuesday of February of the first, second, and third years of the term and on the second Tuesday in January of the fourth year of the term. The annual sessions shall not continue longer than 30 legislative days and 105 calendar days.

Legislative History

(Code 1867, §38; Code 1876, §32; Code 1886, §32; Code 1896, §2216; Code 1907, §§903, 904; Code 1923, §§1510, 1511; Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 11; Code 1940, T. 32, §4; Acts 1951, No. 33, p. 242, §1; Acts 1975, No. 1240, p. 2606, §1; Acts 1976, No. 257, p. 291; Acts 1979, Ex. Sess., No. 79-22, p. 32; Acts 1979, Ex. Sess., No. 79-23, p. 33; Acts 1997, No. 97-923, § 1; Act 2023-224, §1.)