House journals, 1822-[ongoing].

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House journals, 1822-[ongoing].

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House journals are the official chronological record of the proceedings of the House, certified, indexed, and bound at the close of each session. The House journals contain information concerning: to which House committee each bill was assigned, committee reports, messages from the Governor, messages from the Senate, descriptions of House bills, and bills that were passed in the Senate, first, second, and third readings of bills and any bill amendments, how the bills were voted on, which bills passed the Legislature and were signed, and description of House joint resolutions and Senate joint resolutions and how they were voted on. Alabama's Constitution requires each house to keep a journal. All actions taken by either house must be recorded in the journals, and on demand of one-tenth of the members the yeas and nays on any question must be entered. A member of either house may dissent from an action taken by the house and have the reason for dissenting entered into the journal.

173 cubic ft. (525 volumes).

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