On May 9, 2024, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey officially signed the “Working for Alabama” legislative package into law. This comprehensive set of bills represents a concerted effort to address key challenges facing the state's...more
Workforce Participation Package - Working Alabama - This week, Governor Ivey, Lieutenant Governor Ainsworth, leadership in both the House and Senate, and business community leaders announced a bill package coined the...more
Gaming - On Thursday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed a version of the gaming legislation discussed in last week's legislative update. This legislation would bring a lottery, casinos, and sports betting to...more
Gaming - During her “State of the State” address, Governor Ivey announced that the much-anticipated gaming legislation will be a priority during this year’s legislative session. The legislation was filed by Representative...more
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey recently signed SB 272 into law, setting forth telemedicine practice standards and abolishing Alabama’s previous “special purpose license” that allowed physicians licensed in other states to practice...more
Alabama became the 36th state to allow cannabis for medical use when Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act on May 17, 2021. The act establishes a process through which applicants will...more
Alabama became the 36th state to allow cannabis for medical use when Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act on May 17, 2021. The Act establishes a process through which applicants will...more
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed legislation legalizing medical cannabis on May 17, 2021. Known as the Darren Wesley “Ato” Hall Compassion Act, the law permits the use of medical cannabis to treat certain medical conditions...more
We wrote yesterday that the Alabama House of Representatives voted 68-34 in favor of the medical cannabis bill. Late last night, the Senate concurred with the House’s version of the bill. The bill now moves out of the...more
On April 19, 2021, Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 408, sponsored by Rep. Wes Kitchens (R-Marshall County/Blount County) and Sen. Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville), into law as Act 2021-226, which will become effective July 1. A...more
We have previously written about the growing complications of employee vs. independent contractor classification in the wake of unemployment assistance in the pandemic era, not only for out-of-work employees but, for the...more
At the urging of the Alabama Society of CPAs and other groups, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) recently issued preliminary guidance on (a) how the new pass-through entity (PTE) tax election interacts with the...more
On February 12, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Act No. 2021-4, which provides a partial shield from liability related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the Act is to encourage Alabama businesses to...more
The Alabama Department of Revenue issued helpful guidance on January 7, following its December 18, 2020 guidance implementing Governor Ivey’s landmark Supplemental Emergency Proclamation. The new guidance affirms the...more