Press Releases

Senate Leadership Highlights Legislative Priorities as Senate Resumes Session

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and Senate Majority Leader Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) today released the following statement outlining legislative priorities the Senate plans to pursue as it resumes the legislative session. These priorities – agreed upon by Senate and House leadership – include efforts to support economic recovery, state agencies and Alabama’s […]

Senator Reed: Legislature Delivered Strong Results in First Two Weeks of Session

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) today said that the Senate and House entered session with three priority pieces of legislation to pass for the people of Alabama, and as of today, all three of those bills have cleared the legislature. Working closely with the governor and the House of Representatives, the Senate […]

Senate Passes Income Tax Exclusion on Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Senate today passed one of the Legislature’s top priority bills, SB 98. This bill, sponsored by Senator Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook), would provide an income tax exemption for Alabamians who received federal COVID-19 relief funds and make several modifications to the corporate tax code. “We are not going to […]

Critical Economic Development Proposal Unanimously Passes the Senate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) to reauthorize the Jobs Act and the Growing Alabama Act – two of Alabama’s primary state-wide economic development programs that expired in 2020. The legislation passed the House February 4, 2021 by a 94-1 […]

Senator Clay Scofield Named Senate Majority Leader

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Senator Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) today was unanimously selected to serve as Majority Leader of the Alabama Senate, effective immediately, for the remainder of the 2018 quadrennium. Senator Scofield succeeds Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper), who was elected today by the Senate to serve as President Pro Tem. “I am honored to serve as […]

Senator Greg Reed Elected by Colleagues to Serve as President Pro Tem of Alabama Senate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Senate today selected Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) to serve as its new President Pro Tem. After Reed’s swearing in, he addressed his Senate colleagues, stating that he wants to support members and their goals; focus on communicating with members and with the people of Alabama; and work to make the […]

Senator Garlan Gudger Appointed to the Alabama Small Business Commission

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh has appointed Senator Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) to serve on the Alabama Small Business Commission. The appointment was announced Thursday morning. Created in 2014, the Alabama Small Business Commission is an appointed group of small business owners and legislators, who are tasked with advising the Governor and […]

By Garlan Gudger

Greg Canfield and Jabo Waggoner to Lead Alabama’s Artificial Intelligence Commission

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – At the recent, inaugural meeting of the Alabama Commission on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Associated Technologies, the Commission’s members elected Alabama’s Secretary of Commerce, Greg Canfield, as Chairman and named Senator Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) Vice-Chairman. “Artificial intelligence is a powerful, disruptive technology that has the potential to forever change the way […]

By Jabo Waggoner By Dan Roberts

Senate Leadership Releases Committee Assignments

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Alabama Senate’s Committee on Assignments announced its Senate Standing Committee appointments for the 2019-2022 quadrennium. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) thanked the committee for their work. “I want to thank the Committee on Assignments for their work on these committees, they did a fantastic job of matching Senators with the committee that best takes advantage of their strengths and […]

By Greg Reed By Del Marsh

Greg Reed Re-Elected Alabama State Senate Majority Leader

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The twenty-seven Republican members of the Alabama Senate on Wednesday re-elected Greg Reed of Jasper to serve as the Senate Majority Leader. The unanimous election took place at a caucus meeting in Montgomery. Reed was first elected to the State Senate in 2010, and was chosen as Majority Leader in 2014 by […]