Alabama lawmakers end legislative session with jest: handing out the 'deadest bill' award

Alabama lawmakers end legislative session with jest: handing out the ‘deadest bill’ award

Alabama legislators honored a long-standing tradition on Wednesday with their annual award for the “deadest bill” of the session, bringing levity to an otherwise politically polarized Statehouse.

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The Shroud Award went to a bill that would have made it 'nearly impossible for (lawmakers) to drive themselves to work.'

Alabama lawmakers end legislative session with jest: handing out the 'deadest bill' award

Alabama legislators honored a long-standing tradition with their annual award for the “deadest bill” of the session. The tradition celebrated on Wednesday has existed since 1979 and brings levity to an otherwise politically polarized Statehouse. The winner was a bill…