HB155
173176-1:g:01/30/2016:EBO-DHC/ebo-jk HB155 By Representative Polizos RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a cost-of-living increase for state
employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide
a cost-of-living increase for state employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Beginning with the first pay day after
October 1, 2016, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service
of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, Code of Alabama 1975, and all other state employees
and hourly employees of the state, except those set out in Section 3, and all legislative
personnel, officers, and employees, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, and
all employees of the county health departments who are employed subject to the state Merit
System and whose compensation is paid out of a budget provided and...
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HB159
173640-1:n:02/09/2016:DSM*/th LRS2016-494 HB159 By Representatives Mooney, Weaver, Fridy, Rowe,
Williams (JD), Whorton (I), Williams (JW), Hanes, Ledbetter, Whorton (R), Butler, Hammon,
Wingo, Fincher, Beech and Greer RFD Health Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would give health
care providers the following: The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health
care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative
liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their
conscience. This bill would declare it unlawful for any person to discriminate against health
care providers for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience.
The bill would also provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation. A BILL TO BE
ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to health care, to allow health care providers to decline to perform
any health care service that violates their conscience...
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HB335
Rep(s). By Representative Williams (JD) HB335 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 12-21-131
and 15-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to interpreters in certain criminal and juvenile
proceedings; to expand the types of proceedings for which an interpreter may be requested
and to clarify the persons who may request an interpreter. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 12-21-131 and 15-1-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended
to read as follows: §12-21-131. "(a) "Deaf person" means any person either
totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective hearing and speech.
"(b) For the purpose of this section, the term "qualified interpreter" means
an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available,
an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services
of a...
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HB41
Rep(s). By Representative Chesteen HB41 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 16-16B-1 and 16-16B-2,
Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Ahead Act; commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, to delete the requirement that tablets and mobile computers be pen-enabled; to delete
the phase-in provisions; to delete the reassignment provisions; to delete the requirement
for the establishment of an advisory committee; to establish the Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee;
to make participation by local school systems voluntary; to provide that funds be used to
purchase and install, maintain or upgrade a high-quality, standards-based, broadband Wi-Fi
infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices to enable access to digital instructional
materials in all public school classrooms; and to amend Section 14 of Act 2012-560, 2012 Regular
Session, to delete the requirement that implementation of the act be contingent upon separate
legislative enactment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF...
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HB53
172963-1:n:01/12/2016:FC/mfc LRS2016-90 HB53 By Representative Ainsworth RFD Ethics and Campaign
Finance Rd 1 02-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a retired director, department chief,
or division chief of a governmental agency may not return to work or contract with the agency
from which he or she retired for a period of two years following retirement. This bill would
authorize, under limited circumstances, a retired director, department chief, or division
chief to contract with his or her former government employer immediately following retirement
for the specific purpose of assisting the governmental agency with the transition period following
his or her retirement provided the contract is approved by the Director of the Ethics Commission.
Additionally, this bill would specify that the prohibition against a former government official
or employee serving as a lobbyist or otherwise representing clients before his or her former
employee for a period of two years following employment...
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HB560
177285-1:n:04/19/2016:JET/th LRS2016-1624 HB560 By Representative McCutcheon RFD Transportation,
Utilities and Infrastructure Rd 1 19-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would propose a constitutional
amendment to provide for additional gasoline and diesel fuel excise taxes to bring the excise
taxes in line with the average gasoline taxes and fees levied in the four states bordering
Alabama. The revenue from the additional taxes would be paid into the Alabama Transportation
Safety Fund established in SB180, 2016 Regular Session, and would be expended only as authorized
in that act. This bill would prohibit the passage of a local law levying an excise tax on
gasoline or diesel fuel by a county, except under certain conditions. This bill would also
provide additional fees for private passenger alternative fuel vehicles and commercial alternative
fuel vehicles and would require that the fees be paid into the Alabama Transportation Safety
Fund and expended only for specific purposes. A BILL TO BE...
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SB191
173176-1:g:01/30/2016:EBO-DHC/ebo-jk SB191 By Senator Chambliss RFD Finance and Taxation General
Fund Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a cost-of-living increase for state
employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide
a cost-of-living increase for state employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Beginning with the first pay day after
October 1, 2016, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service
of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, Code of Alabama 1975, and all other state employees
and hourly employees of the state, except those set out in Section 3, and all legislative
personnel, officers, and employees, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, and
all employees of the county health departments who are employed subject to the state Merit
System and whose compensation is paid out of a budget provided...
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SB214
173272-1:n:02/01/2016:MCS/tj LRS2016-224 SB214 By Senators Scofield, Livingston, Ward, Stutts,
Melson, Reed, Dial and Whatley RFD Finance and Taxation Education Rd 1 11-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS:
This bill would encourage accelerated investment in broadband infrastructure by private businesses
by providing a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 10 percent of the qualified investment
in new broadband telecommunications network facilities in the state. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To amend Section 40-18-370, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 40-18-370.1 to
the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a nonrefundable income tax credit for a certain percentage
of qualifying investment in each new broadband telecommunication network facilitiy, as defined,
in Alabama. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-18-370, Code
of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §40-18-370. "(a) This article shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Jobs Act. "(b) The...
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SB312
SB312 By Senator Marsh ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Act 2015-27, now
appearing as Sections 40-18-370 and 40-18-376.2, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama
Jobs Act, to provide that companies that employed eligible employees by or through a qualifying
project located within a former active duty military installation closed by the Base Realignment
and Closure process are entitled to an additional jobs credit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Act 2015-27, now appearing as Sections 40-18-370
and 40-18-376.2, and Section 41-23-21, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
§40-18-370. "(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Jobs Act.
"(b) The Legislature makes the following findings: "(1) The economic well-being
of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by the increased development and growth of employment
within Alabama. "(2) It is in the best interests of the state to...
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SB389
176409-1:n:04/04/2016:PMG/mfc LRS2016-1365 SB389 By Senator Sanders RFD Judiciary Rd 1 05-APR-16
SYNOPSIS: This bill would prohibit the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency from suspending
the driver's license of an individual for failure to pay a fine, penalty, fee, or court cost
for convictions of or for failure to appear on charges arising from certain traffic violations.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to suspension of driver's licenses; to amend Section
32-5A-195, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency from
suspending the driver's license of an individual for failure to pay a fine, penalty, fee,
or court cost for convictions of or for failure to appear on charges arising from certain
traffic violations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 32-5A-195,
Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §32-5A-195. "(a) The Director of
Public Safety Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is hereby...
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