Alabama legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Alabama HB328: National Guard; legal services office and legal assistance program created
Status: Failed, May 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act Relating to the Alabama National Guard; to add Chapters 2B and 2C to Title 31 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Services Office, including positions therein; to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Assistance Program, including positions therein…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama National Guard; to add Chapters 2B and 2C to Title 31 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Services Office, including positions therein; to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Assistance Program, including positions therein; and to authorize judge advocates and paralegals to perform notary actions under 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB328 INTRODUCED Page 2 advocates and paralegals to perform notary actions under certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Chapter 2B is added to Title 31 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §31-2B-1. This chapter establishes and defines the operational procedures of the Alabama National Guard Legal Services Office, including the office's composition, mission, and functions; provides duties and explains policies, objectives, and procedures for the development and maintenance of the office; provides duties for the supervision, training, employment, and administration of personnel; and provides procedures for acquiring and maintaining office legal research resources. §31-2B-2. This chapter applies to all judge advocates and services and personnel thereof at all times, including during federal …
Sponsors
- Almond, Cynthia (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- : Third Reading in House of Origin
- : SB198 Substituted for HB328 a Companion Bill
- : Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- : Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- : Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- : Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs
- : Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #1279 (April 8, 2026): 30 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #571 (February 25, 2026): 104 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #505 (March 20, 2025): 102 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Military
Common questions
- What is HB328?
- HB328 is a bill in the Alabama Legislature (2025 Regular Session): National Guard; legal services office and legal assistance program created.
- What does HB328 do?
- In its own words: An act Relating to the Alabama National Guard; to add Chapters 2B and 2C to Title 31 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Services Office, including positions therein; to establish and provide for the Alabama National Guard Legal Assistance Program, including positions therein…
- What is the status of HB328?
- Failed as of May 6, 2025. Latest action: Currently Indefinitely Postponed (May 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB328?
- Almond, Cynthia (R).
- Where is the official record for HB328?
- On the Alabama Legislature website: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/instrument/2025RS/HB328
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