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Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee

Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 12)

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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 Senate Bill SB152

Introduced
4/4/23  
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 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 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 SB164

Introduced
4/4/23  
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 Senate Bill SB176

Introduced
4/5/23  
Refer
4/5/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Report Pass
4/11/23  
Engrossed
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/25/23  
Enrolled
5/31/23  
To create the Students' Right to Know Act of 2023; to require the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to collect data and create an interactive online tool for students for use in making informed decisions relating to education and professions; and to require the commission and Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce to share data and information as necessary to comply with this act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB174

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
5/10/23  
Relating to the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System; to amend Section 16-1-44.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the compensation of retired law enforcement officers providing services as school resource officers for local boards of education.
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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 Senate Bill SB177

Introduced
4/5/23  
Relating to sales taxes; to amend Section 40-23-1, as last amended by Acts 2022-199 and 2022-291, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-23-2, as last amended by Act 2022-346, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-23-60, as last amended by Act 2022-199, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, and Section 40-23-61, Code of Alabama 1975; to define "food" and begin phasing-out the state sales and use tax on food on September 1, 2023; to require certain growth targets in the Education Trust Fund for future sales tax reductions on food; to establish the sales and use tax rate on food for purposes of county and municipal sales and use taxes as the existing general or retail sales and use tax rate; and to authorize a county and municipality to reduce the sales and use tax rate or exempt food from local sales and use taxes.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB186

Introduced
4/6/23  
Relating to state income tax; to establish the Preceptor Tax Incentive Program to provide income tax credit incentives for certain medical students who train in rural and underserved counties in the state.
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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 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.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB202

Introduced
4/11/23  
Refer
4/11/23  
Report Pass
5/2/23  
Refer
5/2/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
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 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB141

Introduced
1/13/22  
Refer
1/13/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Refer
3/10/22  
Enrolled
3/31/22  
Chaptered
3/31/22  
Lyman Ward Military Academy, appropriation
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Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB138

Introduced
1/13/22  
Refer
1/13/22  
Engrossed
3/8/22  
Refer
3/10/22  
Enrolled
4/6/22  
Chaptered
4/7/22  
Supplemental appropriation, from Education Trust Fund to various agencies and entities for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, Act 2021-342, 2021 Reg. Sess., am'd.