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Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee

Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB257

Introduced
4/27/23  
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 SB263

Introduced
4/27/23  
Refer
4/27/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Engrossed
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/25/23  
Report Pass
5/25/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Relating to the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013; to amend Sections 16-6D-3, 16-6D-4, 16-6D-6, 16-6D-8, and 16-6D-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to change the terms failing school and nonfailing school to priority school and qualifying school, respectively; to revise and add definitions; to expand scholarships for eligible students attending nonfailing or qualifying schools; to revise the poverty threshold for determining the qualifications of an eligible student; to provide for the qualifying expenses of eligible students with unique needs; to revise the method of determining the amount of educational scholarship awards; to increase the maximum cumulative amount of tax credits that may be issued each year; to require a scholarship granting organization to maintain a reserve balance and to verify the qualifications of an eligible student with unique needs; and to authorize the Department of Revenue to bar qualifying schools or educational service providers from participating in the program under certain circumstances.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB267

Introduced
4/27/23  
Refer
4/27/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
5/25/23  
Relating to athletic trainers; to create the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program; to provide grants to local boards of education that meet certain requirements related to the use of athletic trainers in rural, 1A, 2A, 3A, and Title I secondary schools; to authorize the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers to adopt rules to administer the incentive program and the grant application process; to require grants issued from the incentive program to be provided as stipends to qualifying athletic trainers; and to limit each secondary school and athletic trainer to one grant per school year.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB278

Introduced
5/2/23  
Refer
5/2/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
5/25/23  
Relating to education; to create the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the State Treasurer; to define "eligible institutions"; to authorize the State Treasurer to establish terms and conditions of loans; to require reporting of contract terms and on the operation of the program; to establish the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Loan Program Fund in the State Treasury to receive appropriations from the Legislature for funding loans and loan repayments; and to provide for recovery of amounts due.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB273

Introduced
5/2/23  
Relating to child care and workforce development; to establish the employer tax credit and child care provider tax credit; to make legislative findings.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB269

Introduced
5/2/23  
Refer
5/2/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/3/23  
Engrossed
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
5/25/23  
Relating to education; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to provide grants to local schools to assist with capital project, deferred maintenance, or technology needs; to provide the purposes for which grant funds can be used; to establish the process for grant applications and approvals; to establish the K-12 Capital Grant Program Fund in the State Treasury; and to provide an effective date.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB277

Introduced
5/2/23  
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 HB429

Introduced
5/3/23  
Refer
5/3/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Engrossed
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Relating to the Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009; to amend Sections 41-7A-40, 41-7A-41, 41-7A-42, 41-7A-45, and 41-7A-48, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the incentive by renaming it the Film and Music Incentive Act of 2023, to increase the cap on incentives to fifty million dollars annually, and to allow for the inclusion of music and virtual reality as qualified production companies.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB293

Introduced
5/4/23  
Relating to the Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009; to amend Sections 41-7A-40, 41-7A-41, 41-7A-42, 41-7A-43, 41-7A-45, and 41-7A-48, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the incentive by renaming it the Film and Music Incentive Act of 2023, to allow for the inclusion of music and virtual reality as qualified production companies; to define a "historic location," and to increase the current cap of the incentive.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB439

Introduced
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Engrossed
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Enrolled
5/25/23  
Relating to the Growing Alabama Credit; to add Section 40-18-417.8 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide that the credit from a parent or holding company may be claimed by the subsidiary in certain circumstances; and to provide retroactive effect.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB298

Introduced
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Engrossed
5/23/23  
Refer
5/23/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Enrolled
6/6/23  
Relating to outdoor recreation; to provide for the development of a strategic trail network; to provide for grants for qualified donations of donated property; to create the Sweet Trails Alabama Project Fund and the Sweet Trails Alabama Acquisition Fund and provide for the use of monies in the funds; and to further provide for the liability of property owners for recreational use of certain property and abutting property.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB300

Introduced
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Report Pass
5/10/23  
Engrossed
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Enrolled
5/23/23  
To create the School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act and the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System for public K-12 education; to provide for the creation and implementation of a mentoring program for new principals and a continuing professional learning program for principals and assistant principals; and to provide annual stipends for each principal and assistant principal who satisfactorily completes the program.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB445

Introduced
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Report Pass
5/17/23  
Engrossed
5/26/23  
Refer
5/26/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Enrolled
6/2/23  
Relating to economic development; to amend Section 40-18-417.4, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session; to amend Section 5 of Act 2023-34 of the 2023 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 40-18-472 and 40-18-473, Code of Alabama 1975, to correct a date referenced in the Growing Alabama Act; to clarify the tax rebates under the Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act for certain businesses for certified tourism destination projects are only available for projects placed into service after the effective date of this act; to amend Section 41-7-3, Code of Alabama 1975 to include the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee and Ways and Means Education Committee and the ranking minority member of each committee, or their designees, to the Tourism Advisory Board; and to amend Sections 41-10-47.03 and 41-10-47.04, Code of Alabama 1975, from Section 1 of Act 2023-35 of the 2023 Regular Session, to align rural population provisions of the Site Evaluation Economic Development Strategy with the Jobs Act.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB310

Introduced
5/11/23  
Relating to the Retirement Systems of Alabama; to provide for an annualized benefit adjustment procedure for the funding of future benefit increases to retirees of the State Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System which will not increase the unfunded liability of either system due to the provisions which require the actual annual cost of any increase to be authorized and funded one year at a time with no authorization or liability for the benefit increase beyond the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made.
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Alabama 2023 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB479

Introduced
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Engrossed
5/26/23  
Refer
5/26/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Enrolled
6/1/23  
Enrolled
6/2/23  
Relating to sales and use taxes; to amend Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-60, and 40-23-61, Code of Alabama 1975, to define "food" and begin reducing 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 provide for the levy of sales and use tax on food by counties and municipalities.