Alabama state senators vote on primary bills amid alarms, warnings and protests
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Updated · WSFA · May 7
Alabama state senators vote on primary bills amid alarms, warnings and protests
5 articles · Updated · WSFA · May 7
In Montgomery, SB1 on Senate districts 25 and 26 passed as lawmakers evacuated the State House, after HB1 for four US House districts cleared the House along party lines.
Democrats in both chambers filibustered, while protesters opposing HB1 entered the seventh-floor gallery before the Senate debate; Senator Merika Coleman said she had never seen a vote handled that way in 24 years.
Governor Kay Ivey called the special session after court-drawn maps changed district boundaries, and sponsors said the election bills would still require further court action before taking effect.
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