With the constitutional deadline of midnight on the 30th day closing in, Alabama lawmakers worked at a feverish pace to complete work on some of the most substantial and controversial legislation in the 2013 session....more
5/15/2013 - Campaign Contributions Gun Laws Home Brewing Medicaid New Legislation School Safety State Budgets Strict Scrutiny Standard Tax Credits Tax Exemptions Unpaid Overtime
Last week, legislators turned their attention to the weightiest and most controversial issues, including debate and passage of several gun bills. Now, with only three legislative days remaining, both budgets will take...more
5/7/2013 - Gulf Oil Spill Gun Laws Hazardous Substances Medicaid New Legislation Prescription Drugs Reporting Requirements Strict Scrutiny Standard Tax Credits
Momentum is growing in the legislature as the clock ticks toward adjournment. Emotions ran high as legislators worked well into the night during a demanding three-day legislative week. While several significant pieces of...more
4/30/2013 - Legislative Agendas Legislative Committees New Legislation
As the Alabama Legislature moves closer to adjournment, legislation is making slow but steady progress. Tuesday and Thursday marked the 21st and 22nd days of the 2013 Regular Session. With only eight legislative days left and...more
4/23/2013 - Education Tax Credits Grandfathered Obligations Medicaid Nurses Payday Loans Prescription Drugs Proposed Legislation Sales & Use Tax School Safety State Budgets Tax Credits
Legislators convened for a three-day work week that ended in early adjournment on Thursday afternoon as lawmakers left Montgomery to beat anticipated severe weather. Day 20 concluded a week that saw progress on several...more
4/16/2013 - Attorney's Fees Bridges Child Abuse Infrastructure Medicaid Payday Loans Proposed Legislation Public Schools Roads Unemployment Benefits
When lawmakers returned on April 2 for the second half of the 2013 Regular Session, the 16th legislative day resulted in one of the longest of the year, with both houses adjourning close to midnight and then putting in long...more
4/9/2013 - Airbus Amended Legislation Aviation Education Budget Firearms Gun Laws Legislative Committees Public Contracts Red Tape Reduction Act Religious Institutions Tax Credits
As the Alabama Legislature marked the halfway point of the 2013 Regular Session, progress continued to move at a slow pace where repercussions of the Alabama Accountability Act continue to linger in the halls of the...more
3/26/2013 - Law Enforcement Medicaid Proposed Legislation Public Schools Right to Work Tax Exemptions
In a week that was dominated by events surrounding the Alabama Accountability Act, several significant pieces of legislation still moved through – or died in – the State House....more
3/19/2013 - Gun Laws Medicaid Proposed Legislation Public Schools State Budgets Tort Reform
On February 5, the Alabama Legislature convened its 2013 Regular Session before listening as Governor Robert Bentley delivered his third State of the State address to a joint session. Over the next two days, legislative...more
2/12/2013 - Attorney's Fees Charter Schools Gun Laws Law Enforcement Legislative Agendas Public Schools Religion State Budgets State Employees
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