The 9th Annual Alabama Civil Engineering Legislative Day Drive-In will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the Alabama Department of Archives & History and Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama. The
Senator Clyde Chambliss, P.E. will be speaking to the group about the legislative issues facing the State of Alabama and bills affecting Civil Engineers. He is also coordinating with other Senate and House Leaders to present at the meeting.
At the conclusion of the event, attendees are advised to visit with their legislators in order to engage them about infrastructure! Click here to view the State Representative Roster and the State Senate Roster in order to contact your representative or senator prior to your visit. If you are unsure who your representatives are, please click here for more information. Let your voice be heard!!!
Timeline
10:00 a.m. Arrive at the Department of Archives and History
10:45 a.m. Proceed to Farley Auditorium Room in the Archives and History
11:00 a.m. Receive Legislative briefing & lunch with Senator Chambliss & others
12:00 p.m. Proceed to the State House
12:30 p.m. Senate Gallery viewing
1:00 p.m. House Gallery viewing
1:30 p.m. Visits with individual legislators for attendees
RSVP
Unlike our typical meetings, an accurate count of attendees is necessary due to space restrictions inside the Senate Room. If you would like to attend, please RSVP with Taylor Janney at janneyt@alabama-asce.org no later than Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
The Alabama State Senate is composed of 35 Senators, exactly one-third the size of the House of Representatives, and each Senator represents a district of approximately 137,000 Alabamians. The State House was opened in 1963 as the Alabama Highway Department Building. It housed the Alabama Department of Transportation, then known as the Alabama State Highway Department, until 1985, when the Alabama Legislature moved into the upper floors while the Alabama State Capitol was being renovated. Article IV, Section 48 of the Alabama Constitution requires the Legislature to meet in the Capitol, but Amendment 427 was passed to enable it to select another place to temporarily meet until renovations at the Capitol were complete. Although all major renovations were completed there in 1992, the Legislature has remained at the State House. The building was renamed after the 1985 move. Originally, the Legislature occupied the 5th through 7th floors. When the Legislature outgrew this space, an eighth floor was added.
