Bill ending Public Service Commission elections declared ‘dead’ by Senate Pro Tem

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 662

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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The leader of the Alabama Senate declared a bill that would have ended popular elections for members of the state public utility regulator “dead” on Wednesday.

Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, said at the end of the Senate’s meeting that the bill, HB 392, sponsored by Rep. Chip Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, “moved too fast and addressed the issue too narrowly.”

“That bill that is in the Legislature is dead,” Gudger said in …

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