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House Ways and Means Education Committee

Alabama 2024 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Education Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 9)

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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB213

Introduced
3/23/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Engrossed
5/3/23  
Refer
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Enrolled
5/25/23  
Relating to the Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Act of 2018; to amend Sections 22-18-60, 22-18-61, 22-18-63, and 22-18-64, Code of Alabama 1975, to decrease the required contracted for service time after graduation and licensing from three years to two years; to expand the program to include students who contract and provide service to ambulance services; to provide exclusions from reimbursement; and to increase the amount of operational expenses reimbursed to the Alabama Community College System; and to add Section 22-18-61.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the retroactive reimbursement of certain fees and expenses.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB208

Introduced
3/23/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Engrossed
5/18/23  
To enact the Pregnancy Resource Act; Relating to income tax; to provide a state income tax credit to individuals and businesses that make contributions to eligible charitable organizations that operate as a pregnancy center or residential maternity facility; and to specify the obligations of the Department of Revenue in implementing the act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB217

Introduced
3/23/23  
Refer
3/23/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Report Pass
4/26/23  
Engrossed
5/3/23  
Refer
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Relating to gross income; to amend Section 40-18-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to exclude hours worked above 40 in any given week from gross income.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB240

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Relating to economic development; to add Section 40-18-379.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Department of Commerce to publish certain information regarding economic development incentives awarded under the Alabama Jobs Act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB241

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Enrolled
4/20/23  
Relating to the Alabama Jobs Act and the Growing Alabama Act; to amend Sections 40-18-370, 40-18-372, 40-18-374, 40-18-375, 40-18-376, 40-18-376.1, 40-18-376.2, 40-18-376.3, 40-18-376.4, 40-18-377, 40-18-378, 40-18-382, 40-18-383, 40-18-417.1, 40-18-417.2, 40-18-417.3, 40-18-417.4, 40-18-417.7, and 40-9B-4.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the Alabama Jobs Act sunset date to July 31, 2028; to increase the annualized cap on outstanding Alabama Jobs Act incentives by twenty-five million dollars each year for five years up to four hundred seventy-five million dollars; to increase the investment tax credit transfer time to provide that the first five years of the investment credit may be transferred by the incentivized company and applied by another person or company under the Alabama Jobs Act; to extend the Growing Alabama Act sunset date to July 31, 2028, to increase the annual cap on funding approved pursuant to the Growing Alabama Act to thirty-five million dollars; to remove certain programs from the Growing Alabama Act for the transfer to Innovate Alabama.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB247

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Enrolled
4/20/23  
Relating to economic development; to amend Sections 41-10-802 and 41-10-822, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for a name change for the Alabama Innovation Corporation and revise the residency requirements for certain grant recipients; to amend Section 41-10-805, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Board of Directors of the Alabama Innovation Corporation, to make conforming changes to accurately cite the Code of Alabama 1975; and to add a new Article 22, commencing with Section 41-10-840, to Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, to reestablish the technology accelerator tax credit program and the underrepresented company tax credit program as the Innovating Alabama tax credit program; and to exempt working groups, task forces, and subcommittees of the Alabama Innovation Corporation from the Alabama Open Meetings Act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB257

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Report Pass
4/12/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Relating to economic development; to add Article 2D, commencing with Section 41-10-47.01, to Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the State Industrial Development Authority to make site assessment grants and site development grants to certain companies; to provide for the criteria that must be met for grant approval; to provide for changes to criteria based on economic conditions; to limit the funding that may be received by any site under the grant program; to create the Alabama Site Development Fund and provide for its management; to amend Section 41-10-27.2, Code of Alabama 1975, providing for an annual appropriation to the State Industrial Development Authority, to authorize the appropriation to be expended on the grant program created herein; and to exempt the State Industrial Development Authority and certain economic development organizations from certain state laws.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB258

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/26/23  
Relating to state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes; to amend Section 40-23-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to exempt High Socks for Hope, Inc., from payment of state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB151

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Enrolled
4/20/23  
Relating to economic development; to add Section 40-18-379.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Department of Commerce to publish certain information regarding economic development incentives awarded under the Alabama Jobs Act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB165

Introduced
4/4/23  
Refer
4/4/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Engrossed
4/13/23  
Refer
4/13/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Enrolled
4/20/23  
Relating to economic development; to add Article 2D, commencing with Section 41-10-47.01, to Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the State Industrial Development Authority to make site assessment grants and site development grants to certain companies; to provide for the criteria that must be met for grant approval; to provide for changes to criteria based on economic conditions; to limit the funding that may be received by any site under the grant program; to create the Alabama Site Development Fund and provide for its management; to amend Section 41-10-27.2, Code of Alabama 1975, providing for an annual appropriation to the State Industrial Development Authority, to authorize the appropriation to be expended on the grant program created herein; and to exempt the State Industrial Development Authority and certain economic development organizations from certain state laws.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB175

Introduced
4/5/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Engrossed
4/27/23  
Refer
4/27/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
To establish the ReEngage Alabama Grant Program; to provide grant award payments to eligible adult learners; to provide eligibility standards, and to provide for administration by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; relating to grants for short-term credentials; to establish the Alabama Short-Term Credential Scholarship Program to provide grants to Alabama residents to help them earn short-term credentials; to determine eligible recipients; to establish procedures for administering the program; to set forth the process by which the program will be funded; and to repeal the Alabama Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act commencing with Section 40-18-422, Code of Alabama 1975.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB273

Introduced
4/6/23  
Refer
4/6/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Engrossed
4/27/23  
Relating to income taxes; to amend Section 40-18-15.3, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the qualifications for employees and employers to receive the income tax deduction for health insurance premiums paid.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB283

Introduced
4/11/23  
Refer
4/11/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Relating to state income tax credits for rural physicians; to designate Sections 40-18-130, 40-18-131, and 40-18-132, Code of Alabama 1975, as Division 1 of Article 4A of Chapter 18 of Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975; to terminate the income tax credit authorized for a rural physician under the existing Article 4A of Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, effective December 31, 2023; to provide that any physician who claimed the credit or claims the credit under the existing Article 4A for the tax year ending on December 31, 2023, would be authorized to continue to claim the credit under the prior law until the credit period authorized under the prior law for that physician expires; to add Division 2 to Article 4A of Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for a rural physician income tax credit; to provide definitions; to modify the requirement for residence and practice in a rural community; to remove the requirement for hospital privileges in a rural community; and to require the State Board of Medical Examiners to certify physicians who qualify for the income tax credit.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB295

Introduced
4/11/23  
Relating to education; to establish the Parental Rights in Children's Education (PRICE) Act relating to K-12 education; to secure the fundamental constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children; to create the PRICE Program; to establish a three-year phase-in period; to provide definitions; to establish the roles and responsibilities of the Parent Advisory Board, the Commissioner of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue; to create a process for granting education savings accounts; to establish funding mechanisms for the costs of education savings accounts and the administration of the program; to specify qualified expenses; to create requirements for education service providers; to establish an auditing, denial, and appeal mechanism for expenses, parents, participating students, and education service providers; to provide safeguards against any additional state control over or interference with nonpublic schools, their students, and their families; and to provide for legal remedies.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB293

Introduced
4/11/23  
Refer
4/11/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Report Pass
4/19/23  
Engrossed
5/18/23  
Refer
5/18/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Relating to port credits; to amend Sections 40-18-401 and 40-18-403, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the cap of the port credit and to expand tax incentives for businesses and enterprises who increase their cargo volume through Alabama public ports.