This happening in the wake of the drama earlier this year.

From the Wall Street Journal:

The Alabama legislature is scheduled to open a special session on an ethics overhaul Wednesday. Gov. Bob Riley called the session to push for stricter ethics rules following indictments by federal prosecutors in October of 11 people—including four state senators—in an alleged vote-buying scheme.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Mr. Riley, a Republican, decided to call the session soon after his party—campaigning strongly against public corruption—won control of the state House and Senate for the first time in 136 years.

Mr. Riley, who is term-limited and will leave office in January, is calling for a range of changes, including disclosure by lobbyists of all spending on public officials and employees; limits on lobbyists’ gift-giving; outlawing money transfers between political action committees; and granting subpoena power to the Alabama Ethics Commission.

Gov.-elect Robert Bentley and Republican leaders in the legislature support the ethics push. Democratic leaders have said they also support ethics overhaul, but consider the special session to be political grandstanding.

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