Sen. Billy M. Beasley [Democrat-28]

District: Barbour, Bullock, Henry, Lee, Macon, Russell

Committees: [Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry - Member] [Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections - Member] [Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund - Member] [Senate Health - Member]

Get to Know Me

Home City	Clayton, AL
Birth Date	03/19/1940
Family	Wife: Rebecca; 5 Children: Martin, Brad, Margaret, Tom, Rebecca.
Education	BS, Pharmacy, Auburn University, 1962.
Political Career	Senator, Alabama State Senate, 2010-present Representative, Alabama State House of Representatives, 1998-2010
Professional Career	Operator, Clayton Drug Company, present Operator, Clio Drug Company, present Operator, Louisville Drug Store, present President, Pratts Station, Limited Liability Company, present Captain, Medical Services Corp, United States Army
Religious Afiliation	Methodist
Organizational Afiliation(s)
Other Afiliation(s)	Member, Auburn Alumni Association Member, Barbour County Hospital Board Member, Clayton United Methodist Church Board of Directors, Eufaula/Barbour County Chamber of Commerce Former President, Alabama Pharmaceutical Association Former President, Clayton Rotary Club

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Sponsored Bills For Most Recent Session

Bill	Sponsor / Cosponsor	Description
SJR81	Sponor	Dunlavy, Carolyn Kyser, commended
SB261	Sponor	Weights and Measures, registered service agent to conduct testing and inspection and testing of devices, Agriculture and Industries Department to provide registration and regulation of agents, Board of Agriculture and Industries adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations, Secs. 8-16-1, 8-16-6, 8-16-7, 8-16-18 am'd.
SB240	Sponor	Sales and use tax, durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics, and medical supplies covered by Medicare, exemption when paid by third party payer
SB241	Sponor	Forestry Commission, administrative rules, violations pertaining to conduct of persons on land designated as state forest, penalties, Sec. 9-3-9 am'd.
SJR38	Sponor	Grant, Travis, urging for his induction into the Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame
SB207	Sponor	Municipalities, weeds and overgrown grass, abatement, alternative procedures may be adopted by city council in lieu of procedures under other laws, liens, Sec. 11-67-80 am'd.
SB208	Sponor	Environment, Alabama Drought Assessment and Planning Team established, power and duties, the Monitoring and Impacts Group Subcommittee established, membership, duties, responsibilities
SB153	Sponor	Municipalities, public utilities, contracts between governing body and registered service providers authorized to build, maintain, repair utility systems, Sec. 11-47-3 am'd.
SB84	Cosponor	Veterans, family educational benefits, limited to tuition only for family members granted benefits for the first time after August 1, 2012, Secs. 31-6-2, 31-6-4, 31-6-5, 31-6-6, 31-6-15 am'd.
SB132	Cosponor	Retirement, retirees of Employees' Retirement System limited to certain annual amount, annual compensation limitation removed for certain law enforcement officers who are retired, Sec. 36-27-8.2 am'd.
SJR1	Cosponor	Poland, Charles Albert, Jr., death mourned
SJR2	Cosponor	University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team, commended
SJR5	Cosponor	Bridges, Ed, commended
SJR6	Cosponor	Merit Raises, Governor encouraged to end freeze on state employees merit raises
SJR7	Cosponor	Republic of China (Taiwan), commended
SJR9	Cosponor	Designating portion of U.S. Highway 231 in northern Dale County extending from one quarter of a mile south of Destiny Church to one quarter of a mile north of the church the "Charles "Chuck" Albert Poland, Jr., Memorial Highway"
SJR11	Cosponor	Hood, James A., death mourned
SB164	Cosponor	Conservation and Natural Resources Department, whitetail deer, hunting season extended, pilot program
SJR13	Cosponor	Bicentennial Commission, created
SJR14	Cosponor	Hagan, Mallory Hytes, commended
SB193	Cosponor	Supernumerary ad valorem tax officials, cap on compensation increased, Sec. 40-6-3 am'd.
SB195	Cosponor	Health, smoking prohibited in places of employment, public places and private clubs, outdoor areas, exceptions, responsibilities of Health Department and State Board of Health, penalties, Smoke-free Air Act, Secs. 22-15A-1 to 22-15A-10, inclusive, repealed
SJR18	Cosponor	Suicide prevention, Suicide Prevention Awareness Day, February 21, 2013, designated
SJR19	Cosponor	Million Hearts Campaign, supported
SJR20	Cosponor	Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Delta Day, recognized
SJR21	Cosponor	Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, September 2013, designated
SB204	Cosponor	Agriculture, irrigation equipment, income tax credit for installation, qualified reservoir for purpose of withdrawals further defined, carry forward and pass through further provided for, Sec. 40-18-342 am'd.
SB206	Cosponor	Motor vehicles, child passenger restraints, Alabama Head Injury Foundation, 15 percent of funds distributed to Alabama Head Injury Foundation earmarked to cover administrative costs, Sec. 32-5-22 am'd.
SB212	Cosponor	Elections, absentee voting, allow any qualified elector to vote by absentee ballot, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-5, 17-11-7 am'd.
SB217	Cosponor	Business license tax, rental of residential real estate tax, not to be on a per unit basis, const. amend.
SJR25	Cosponor	Expressing support for works of fiction set in real Alabama locations
SJR26	Cosponor	Attorneys to the civil rights movement, contributions, commended
SJR27	Cosponor	American Heart Month, month of February, designated
SB222	Cosponor	Industrial Development and Training Institute, transfer from Postsecondary Education Department to Commerce Department, findings, funding, confidentiality of project information, Secs. 41-9-1080 to 41-9-1086, inclusive, added
SB223	Cosponor	Taxpayers' Bill of Rights, Uniform Revenue Procedures Act, broader "innocent spouse" relief, taxpayer appeals, revenue rulings from Department of Revenue, Alabama Tax Appeals Commission, Secs. 40-2A-3, 40-2A-4, 40-2A-5, 40-2A-7, 40-2A-8, 40-2A-11, 40-18-27 am'd.; Sec. 40-2A-9 repealed; Secs. 40-2B-1 to 40-2B-25, inclusive, added
SJR34	Cosponor	Veterans, commercial motor vehicle licenses, Department of Public Safety and Department of Veterans Affairs urged to work together to assist in licensure
SJR37	Cosponor	Mangham, Thomas, commended
SJR39	Cosponor	Constitutional Revision Commission, additional members provided
SJR41	Cosponor	Medicaid, urging Governor to expand under the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
SB258	Cosponor	Children and incapacitated person, day care providers, leaving child unattended in a motor vehicle unless supervised by person of certain age prohibited, penalties determined by first, second, or subsequent conviction and whether child is injured or fatally injured, Amiyah White Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act
SB259	Cosponor	Medicaid, expanded to include persons for whom matching funds are available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Alabama Medicaid Agency to implement, appropriation
SJR44	Cosponor	Williams, Leroy, commended
SJR47	Cosponor	Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month, March 2013, designated
SB304	Cosponor	Child abuse, mandatory reporting, reporting by public and private K-12 employees further provided for, postsecondary and higher education employees required to report, physical therapists required to report, employer disciplining employee for reporting guilty of Class C misdemeanor, Sec. 26-14-3 am'd.
SB306	Cosponor	Elections, Sec. of State, by emergency rule may permit first responders to vote absentee ballots, Secs. 17-11-3, 17-11-7 am'd.
SB362	Cosponor	Sex Offenders, registration and community notification, technical revisions and citations update various sections, petition for relief from employment, residency living restriction, civil division of circuit courts, absconding without registering, penalty, Secs. 12-15-107, 12-15-116, 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-19-7, 15-20A-4 to 15-20A-7, incl., 15-20A-9, 15-20A-11, 15-20A-14, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-18, 15-20A-21 to 15-20A-26, incl., 15-20A-28, 15-20A-29, 15-20A-32, 15-20A-34, 15-20A-35, 15-20A-37, 15-20A-39, 15-20A-40, 15-20A-43, 15-20A-45, 15-20A-46, 15-22-27.3, 32-6-49.24, 36-18-24, 36-18-25, 38-13-2, 38-13-4
SB384	Cosponor	Accountability Act of 2013, proposed by HB 84, 2013 Reg. Sess., Act 2013-__, 2013 Reg. Sess., repealed
SB430	Cosponor	Local Control School Flexibility Act of 2013, provides for creation of innovative K-12 schools, flexibility contracts between local boards of education and the State Board of Education, and authorize State Board of Education to promulgate rules, Act 2013-64, 2013 Reg. Sess., repealed
SJR71	Cosponor	Alabama, one of the first Purple Heart states
SB464	Cosponor	Individuals with disabilities, promotion of employment by state programs and services, Alabama Employment First Initiative Act
SJR86	Cosponor	Elder abuse, Interagency Council urged to implement long range plan to prevent elder abuse
SJR89	Cosponor	Charles A. Poland, Jr., Public School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, January 29, designated
SJR115	Cosponor	Williams, Phillip W., death mourned