Last year, as Alabama marked 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, I wrote about what that storm did to my district. Dauphin Island was split in two by the storm surge. Homes were gone. Families were left to rebuild from nothing.
I wrote then that Alabama needed to stop waiting for the next disaster and start preparing for it, and I pointed to legislation I intended to introduce the following session.
One year later, I can tell you where that legislation stands. This year, the Alabama Legislature passed Senate Bill 137, and Governor Ivey signed it into law, giving Alabama the resilience framework I called for…