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The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama State Legislature. There are 105 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of about 42,353 residents, as of the 2000 Census.[1]

Elected officials are not subjected to term limits and Alabama House members are one of only five lower house officials in the United States that are elected every four years. The majority of state legislatures abide by the model set in place by the U.S. House of Representatives, which are two-year terms. During 2010, the House was in session from January 12th to April 22nd.[2]

Sessions

See also: Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions

In 2010, the House of Representatives was in session from January 12th to April 12th.

Section 48 of Article IV of the Alabama Constitution initially set the rules for the timing and length of sessions for the Alabama State Legislature, which the House is a part of. However, these rules have been changed by state statute.

The Alabama Legislature convenes in regular annual sessions on the first Tuesday in February, except during the first year of the four-year term, when the session begins on the first Tuesday in March. In the last year of a four-year term, the legislative session begins on the second Tuesday in January. The length of the regular session is limited to 30 meeting days within a period of 105 calendar days. There are usually two meeting or "legislative" days per week, with other days devoted to committee meetings.

The Governor of Alabama can call, by proclamation, special sessions of the Alabama legislature. The governor must list the subjects on which legislation will be debated upon. These sessions are limited to 12 legislative days within a 30 calendar day span. In a regular session, bills may be enacted on any subject. In a special session, legislation must be enacted only on those subjects which the governor announces on their proclamation or "call." Anything not in the "call" requires a two-thirds vote of each house to be enacted.[3]

Bills can be prefiled before sessions, starting at the end of the previous session and ending at the beginning of the session for which they are being filed. The exception to this is for sessions beginning in March every 4 years. [4]

Elections

2010

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2010

Elections for the office of Alabama State Representative will be held in Alabama on November 2, 2010. State house seats in all 105 districts will be on the ballot in 2010.

The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was April 2, 2010, and the primary election day was June 1, 2010.

Qualifications

Members of the House must be 21 at the time of their election, and must have been citizens of Alabama for three years, having lived in their respective districts for at least one year immediately preceding their election.[5]

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the House, a special election must be conducted in order to fill the vacant seat. The Governor must call for a special election if the vacancy happened before next scheduled general election and the House is in session[6] [7]. The Governor has all discretion in setting the date of the election along with nominating deadlines[7].

Representatives

Partisan composition

See also: Partisan composition of state houses
Party As of September 2010
     Democratic Party 60
     Republican Party 43
     Vacancy 2
Total 105


Leadership

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the body. Duties of the Speaker include preserving order and decorum and appointing all committee and subcommittee members.[8]

Position Representative Party
State Speaker of the House Seth Hammett Democrat
State House Speaker Pro Tempore Demetrius Newton Democrat
State House Majority Leader Ken Guin Democrat
State House Minority Leader Mike Hubbard Republican

Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

As of 2010, members of the Alabama House are paid $3,958/month plus $50/day for three days during every week that the legislature is in session. They are also paid a base rate of $10/day for every day in the year, or $3,650/year regardless of when or whether the legislature is in session.[9]

The $3,958/month that Alabama legislators are paid as of 2010 for the months when the legislature is in session is an increase over the $2,280/month that they were paid during legislative sessions in 2007.[10]

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Alabama's state representatives assume office on midnight of the day that they are elected.

Current members

Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery
District Representative Party Residence
1 Tammy Irons Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Florence
2 Mike Curtis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Florence
3 Marcel Black Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tuscumbia
4 Micky Hammon Image:Reddot.png Republican Decatur
5 Henry White Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Athens
6 Phil Williams Image:Reddot.png Republican Huntsville
7 Jody Letson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hillsboro
8 Bill J. Dukes Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Decatur
9 Ronald Grantland Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hartselle
10 Mike Ball Image:Reddot.png Republican Huntsville
11 Jeremy Oden Image:Reddot.png Republican Vinemont
12 James C. Fields Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cullman
13 Tommy Sherer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Jasper
14 Ken Guin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Carbon Hill
15 Pat Moore Image:Reddot.png Republican Pleasant Grove
16 William Thigpen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Fayette
17 Mike Millican Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hamilton
18 Johnny Mack Morrow Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Red Bay
19 Laura Hall Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Huntsville
20 Howard Sanderford Image:Reddot.png Republican Huntsville
21 Randy Hinshaw Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Meridianville
22 Butch Taylor Image:Bluedot.png Democrat New Hope
23 John Robinson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Scottsboro
24 Todd Greeson Image:Reddot.png Republican Ider
25 Mac McCutcheon Image:Reddot.png Republican Capshaw
26 W.F. (Frank) McDaniel Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Albertville
27 Jeffrey McLaughlin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Guntersville
28 Craig Ford Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Gadsden
29 Jack Page Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Gadsden
30 Blaine Galliher Image:Reddot.png Republican Gadsden
31 Charles Barrett Mask Image:Reddot.png Republican Wetumpka
32 Barbara Boyd Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Anniston
33 Ronald Johnson Image:Reddot.png Republican Sylacauga
34 Elwyn Thomas Image:Reddot.png Republican Oneonta
35 Steve Hurst Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Munford
36 Randy Wood Image:Reddot.png Republican Anniston
37 Richard Laird Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Roanoke
38 DuWayne Bridges Image:Reddot.png Republican Valley
39 Richard Lindsey Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Centre
40 K.L. Brown Republican
41 Mike Hill Image:Reddot.png Republican Columbiana
42 James Martin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clanton
43 Mary Sue McClurkin Image:Reddot.png Republican Pelham
44 Arthur Payne Image:Reddot.png Republican Trussville
45 Owen Drake Image:Reddot.png Republican Leeds
46 Paul DeMarco Image:Reddot.png Republican Homewood
47 Jack Williams Image:Reddot.png Republican Birmingham
48 Greg Canfield Image:Reddot.png Republican Vestavia Hills
49 Cam Ward Image:Reddot.png Republican Alabaster
50 Jim McClendon Image:Reddot.png Republican Springville
51 Allen Treadaway Image:Reddot.png Republican Morris
52 John Rogers Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
53 Demetrius Newton Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
54 Patricia Todd Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
55 Rod Scott Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Fairfield
56 Lawrence McAdory Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bessemer
57 Merika Coleman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
58 Oliver Robinson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
59 Mary Moore Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
60 Earl Hilliard Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Birmingham
61 Alan Harper Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Aliceville
62 Gerald Allen Image:Reddot.png Republican Tuscaloosa
63 Robert J. Bentley Image:Reddot.png Republican Tuscaloosa
64 Harry Shiver Image:Reddot.png Republican Bay Minette
65 Elaine Beech Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
66 Alan Baker Image:Reddot.png Republican Brewton
67 Yusuf Salaam Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Selma
68 Thomas Jackson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Thomasville
69 James Thomas Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Camden
70 Christopher J. England Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tuscaloosa
71 Artis J. McCampbell Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Demopolis
72 Ralph Anthony Howard Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Greensboro
73 David Grimes Image:Reddot.png Republican Montgomery
74 Jay Love Image:Reddot.png Republican Montgomery
75 Greg Wren Image:Reddot.png Republican Montgomery
76 Thad McClammy Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Montgomery
77 John Knight Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Montgomery
78 Alvin Holmes Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Montgomery
79 Mike Hubbard Image:Reddot.png Republican Auburn
80 Lesley Vance Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Phenix City
81 Betty Carol Graham Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Alexander City
82 Pebblin Warren Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Tuskegee Institute
83 George Bandy Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Opelika
84 Billy Beasley Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Clayton
85 Locy Baker Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Abbeville
86 Vacant
87 Vacant
88 Mac Gipson Image:Reddot.png Republican Prattville
89 Alan Boothe Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Troy
90 Charles Newton Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Greenville
91 Terry Spicer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Elba
92 Seth Hammett Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Andalusia
93 Steve Clouse Image:Reddot.png Republican Ozark
94 Joe Faust Image:Reddot.png Republican Fairhope
95 Steve McMillan Image:Reddot.png Republican Bay Minette
96 Randy Davis Image:Reddot.png Republican Daphne
97 Yvonne Kennedy Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mobile
98 James O. Gordon Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Saraland
99 James Buskey Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mobile
100 Victor Gaston Image:Reddot.png Republican Mobile
101 Jamie Ison Image:Reddot.png Republican Mobile
102 Chad Fincher Image:Reddot.png Republican Mobile
103 Joseph C. Mitchell Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mobile
104 Jim Barton Image:Reddot.png Republican Mobile
105 Spencer Collier Image:Reddot.png Republican Mobile

Standing committees

External links

References

  1. ↑ Population in 2000 of the American states
  2. ↑ Alabama Legislature session dates, 2010
  3. ↑ Alabama Legislature web page
  4. ↑ Senate Rule 36
  5. ↑ Alabama State House
  6. ↑ Alabama Legislature "Code of Alabama"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Alabama Legislature "Code of Alabama"
  8. ↑ Alabama House Leaders
  9. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2010 Legislator Compensation Data"
  10. ↑ Empire Center, "Legislative Salaries Per State as of 2007"
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