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HB258
173440-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB258 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1
18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, Certified Public Accountants, Attorneys, and Enrolled
Agents are required to obtain a license or certification in order to prepare tax returns in
Alabama. However, there are few provisions in place to protect consumers against individual
income tax preparers that repeatedly misrepresent information on their tax returns. This legislation
would require certain tax preparers to register with the Department, prior to preparing returns,
which will help regulate services, prohibit unregistered persons from performing said services,
and establish penalties for violators. It would also establish qualifications for registration,
requirements of disclosures to consumers, and exemptions to those obligated to register. The
legislation also establishes an Individual Tax Preparers Fund that will be used to provide
for the cost associated with the administration and...
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HB393
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (K) HB393 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to industrial
hemp; to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer an industrial
hemp research program; to authorize the production of industrial hemp
to be used for the manufacture of industrial hemp products; and to amend Section
20-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the definition of marijuana. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act. Section 2. As used in this act
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture
and Industries. (2) GROWER. Any person, business entity, or cooperative licensed to grow industrial
hemp by the department or an institution of higher education pursuant to this act.
(3) HEMP PRODUCTS. Any and all products made from industrial hemp, including,
but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber,...
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HB120
Rep(s). By Representative Poole HB120 ENROLLED, An Act, To make an appropriation of $10,380,227
from the Education Trust Fund to Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama for the support
and maintenance of the educational program of the institution, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2017; to provide that the appropriation is subject to certain provisions of
the Code of Alabama 1975; to require an operations plan and an audited financial statement
prior to the release of any funds; and to require an end of year report. BE IT ENACTED BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Tuskegee University has a unique relationship to the
State of Alabama. Due to the unique nature of the circumstances related to the establishment
and development of Tuskegee Institute which differs from that of private schools and colleges
receiving funds from the state and from the state's public colleges and universities, the
institution should be afforded a unique treatment relative to funding from the...
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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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SB170
SB170 By Senator Blackwell ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the State Insurance Department and
the regulation of insurance; to add Chapter 29A to Title 27, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide
requirements for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an Own Risk and Solvency
Assessment (ORSA), with instructions for filing an ORSA Summary Report with the Commissioner
of Insurance; and to provide that documents and other information from an insurer in an assessment
would be confidential and privileged except as otherwise provided in this act. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Chapter 29A is added to Title 27, Code of Alabama
1975, to read as follows: Chapter 29A. Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment.
§27-29A-1. Purpose and Scope. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide the requirements
for maintaining a risk management framework and completing an Own Risk and Solvency Assessment
(ORSA) and provide guidance and instructions for filing...
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SB316
173986-3:n:03/01/2016:KMS/tj LRS2016-614R2 SB316 By Senator Marsh RFD Education and Youth Affairs
Rd 1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the Students First Act of 2011 provides a process
for public K-12 school teachers to attain tenure. This bill would create the Preparing and
Rewarding Educational Professionals (PREP) Act of 2016. This bill would provide a procedure
for observing and evaluating teachers, principals, and assistant principals on performance
and student achievement. This bill would make an appropriation of $10,000,000 from the Education
Trust Fund to the Legislative School Performance Recognition Program, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2017, to fund rewards earned by schools pursuant to that program. This
bill would require implementation of the Legislative School Performance Recognition Program
before September 1, 2016. This bill would increase the number of years of service required
to attain tenured status pursuant to the Students First Act of 2011, as...
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HB118
Rep(s). By Representative Poole HB118 ENROLLED, An Act, To make an appropriation of $882,997
from the Education Trust Fund to Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama for the support and
maintenance of the educational program of the institution, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2017; to provide that the appropriation is subject to certain provisions of the Code of
Alabama 1975; to require an operations plan and an audited financial statement prior to the
release of any funds; and to require an end of year report. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA: Section 1. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $882,997 from the Education
Trust Fund to Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama for the support and maintenance of the
educational program of the institution, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017. Section
2. The above appropriation is made for the support of public education in Alabama and for
the support and maintenance of the above program. The appropriation...
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HB126
Rep(s). By Representative McCutcheon HB126 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 11-91A-2, Code
of Alabama 1975, relating to the Local Government Health Insurance Program, to authorize the
Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers and its member Children's Advocacy Centers
to participate in the program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section
11-91A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: §11-91A-2. "(a) The Local
Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local Government Health
Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees' Insurance Board
(SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance and administration
to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter the board
shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority set
out in this chapter. "(b) The program governed and administered by the board...
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HB294
Rep(s). By Representatives Mooney, Tuggle, Weaver, Hanes, Nordgren, Brown, Fincher, Carns,
Drake, Ledbetter, Whorton (R), Pettus, McCutcheon, Fridy, Harbison, Johnson (K), Greer, Melton,
Lawrence, Boyd, Butler, Henry, Ainsworth, Wingo and Moore (B) HB294 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating
to auto-injectable epinephrine; to create a program for the prescribing of single dose epinephrine
auto-injectors to authorized entities for use by laypersons to administer to an individual
experiencing a severe allergic reaction; to provide immunity from actions resulting from the
dispensing of or administration of epinephrine auto-injectors in certain circumstances; and
to authorize the State Board of Health to adopt rules. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADMINISTER. The direct application of an epinephrine auto-injector to the body
of an individual. (2) AUTHORIZED ENTITY. Any entity or...
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HB317
174518-1:n:02/23/2016:DSM/th LRS2016-769 HB317 By Representatives Mooney, Fridy, Weaver, Hill
(M), Farley, Carns and Drake RFD Ways and Means Education Rd 1 24-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing
law, certain organizations and vendors are exempt from payment of state, county, and municipal
sales and use taxes. This bill would provide that the Alabama Wildlife Center would be exempt
from payment of state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT Relating to state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes; to amend Section 40-23-5,
as last amended by Act 2015-384, 2015 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that
the Alabama Wildlife Center would be exempt from payment of state, county, and municipal sales
and use taxes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 40-23-5, as
last amended by Act 2015-384, 2015 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read
as follows: §40-23-5. "(a) The Diabetes Trust Fund, Inc., and...
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