Jamie Kiel

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

Traffic infractions, requires law enforcement to contact parent or guardian when citing minor for traffic violation

Motor vehicles; impoundment conditions and procedures, further provided; redemption procedures, further provided; issuance of local identification cards, restrictions provided

Alabama Film Office renamed, Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, maximum expenditure threshold eligible for rebates increased, annual cap increased, unspent incentives carried forward

Real estate transactions; required disclosure forms; description of brokerage services; terms of compensation; required written brokerage agreements under certain circumstances; penalties and fines for certain violations; duties of qualifying brokers and licensees; scope of operation of teams

Financial Institutions and Insurers; using social credit score to discriminate prohibited; violations of insurers an unfair trade practice; fines, penalties and remedies authorized

Public K-12 schools; playing nonpublic schools in post-season athletics, membership in certain athletic associations, competition against certain schools; prohibited

Crimes and offenses; crime of loitering, exceptions further provided; mask usage policies on school campuses, authorized

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Abortion producing drug; prohibitions provided relating to access to abortion producing drugs via the internet or other information technology systems, Attorney General authorized to enforce, civil cause of action created, criminal penalties provided

Traffic infractions, requires a citing agency to notify a minor's parent or guardian when the minor receives a traffic citation

Retirement benefits, revise circumstances when an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits are subject to certain recovery actions

Colbert County, further provides for the compensation of the probate judge

Constitutional Amendment; to vest school land located in Walker County in the Franklin County Board of Education

Statewide Constitutional Amendment, to grant school lands in Fayette and Walker Co.s to Franklin Co. Board of Education.

Alabama Film Office, director appointment process revised

Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, music albums included as qualified production, minimum qualifications established

Income tax, tax credit for voluntary cash contributions to pregnancy center or residential maternity facility

State Auditor; powers and duties revised; Division of Investigations created

Franklin County, further provides for the compensation and office of the coroner

Madeline Cooper, commending

Hollis Isbell, 2024 Auburn University College of Agriculture Hall of Honor inductee, commended

April Proclaimed National Donate Life Month, recognized

Coach Charlotte Dollar, commended

Mr. Lee Brownell, commended

Related to the Alabama Unconscionable Pricing Act; to amend Sections 8-31-3 and 8-31-4, Code of Alabama 1975 to authorize the Governor or the Legislature to specify the affected areas and time periods to which the prohibition against imposition of unconscionable pricing would apply.

Relating to charitable organizations; to amend Section 13A-9-71, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the imposition of certain filing or reporting requirements on certain charitable organizations.

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.

Relating to voting; to prohibit any person from distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, completing, obtaining, or delivering an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot of another person in certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to prohibit a person from receiving a payment or providing a payment to another person for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, completing, obtaining, or delivering an absentee ballot application or absentee ballot of another person in certain circumstance; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

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.

Relating to retirement benefits; to amend Sections 16-25-23 and 36-27-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the circumstances in which an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits under the Teachers' Retirement System and the Employees' Retirement System are subject to certain recovery actions.

Relating to Franklin County; to provide for the annual expense allowance and salary and other benefits for the coroner; and to further authorize the Franklin County Commission to appropriate and expend funds for the operation of the office of the coroner.

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.

PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH.

CONGRATULATING KARMIN SCOTT FOR WINNING THE CLASS 1A GIRLS JAVELIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 2023 ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CLASS 1A-3A OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

HONORING NORTH ALABAMA STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2023 AMERICAN ROCKETRY CHALLENGE NATIONAL FINALS.

HONORING THE BELGREEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS BOWL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2023 ALABAMA SCHOLASTIC COMPETITION ASSOCIATION CLASS 1A STATE SCHOLARS BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.

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Abortion, prohibited, civil cause of action to enforce authorized against anyone who performs or aids and abets an abortion procedure

Controlled substances, to exempt non-psychoactive cannabinols derived from hemp from the controlled substance list, Sec. 20-2-23 am'd.

Crimes and offenses, incest, crime further provided for to include additional sexual activity as prohibited behavior under the offense, Sec. 13A-13-3 am'd.

Retirement benefits, revise circumstances when an individual's pension, annuity, or retirement allowance benefits are subject to certain recovery actions, Secs. 16-25-23, 36-27-28 am'd.

Motorcycles, use of helmet, exception to use requirement provided, Sec. 32-5A-245 am'd.

Abortion, fetal heartbeat; prohibits abortion if fetal heartbeat detected; private cause of action authorized.

Franklin Co., sheriff, abandoned and stolen property, sale, procedure

Franklin Co., mayors allowed to participate in Employees' Retirement System, const. amend.

Education, school grading system, certain English language learners exempt from proficiency assessments considered in grading public K-12 schools, State Superintendent of Education to amend state plan under Every Student Succeeds Act, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd.

Crimes and offenses, crime of theft of a catalytic converter, created

Emergency Mangement Act of 1955, states of emergency, business and religious entities authorized to operate under certain conditions

Agricultural lime, required to be labeled with relative neutralizing value as defined, Secs. 2-23-2, 2-23-4 am'd.

Cottage food production operations, baked goods and roasted coffees, exempt from obtaining food service permit from health department, labeling of baked goods, other food items, food safety course required, Sec. 22-20-5.1 am'd.

Education, county and city boards of education, county and city superintendent of schools, closure of schools and establishment of on-line learning in certain circumstances

Contracts, regarding notice given to consumers concerning automatic renewal of free gifts or trial agreement

Voting, payment to entities upon proof of voting in election prohibited, Sec. 17-17-34.1 added

Batchelor, Cecil, commended

Batchelor, Cecil, honored

Colbert Co., churches, self-defense, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

Higher education, public institutions, provides resident student status to minor children of military service members stationed in Ala., provides that resident student status is valid even if the parent is reassigned out of state, so long as the student maintains continous enrollment at the institution, Sec. 16-64-2 am'd.

Agricultural lime, required to be labeled with relative neutralizing value as defined, Secs. 2-23-2, 2-23-4 am'd.

Cottage food production operations, baked goods and roasted coffees, exempt from obtaining food service permit from health department, labeling of baked goods, other food items, food safety course required, Sec. 22-20-5.1 am'd.

Education, grading of K-12 schools and school districts, academic performance or English as a second language (ESL) students exempted from consideration, Sec. 16-6C-2 am'd.

Consumer protection, privacy rights, regulation of use of biometric identifiers for a commercial purpose, civil fine, authorized

Contracts, regarding notice given to consumers concerning automatic renewal of free gifts or trial agreement

Billy Shoemaker Highway, Tuscumbia, named

Shoemaker, Billy, death mourned

Manufactured homes, distribution of certificate of title transaction fees clarified; years for requirement for certificate of title updated. Section amnd 32-20-4, 32-20-20, and 32-20-21

Franklin Co., churches, deadly physical force, use in self-defense or defense of others, const. amend.

Cottage food production operations, baked goods and roasted coffees, exempt from obtaining food service permit from health department, labeling of baked goods, other food items, food safety course required, Sec. 22-20-5.1 am'd.

Colbert Co., sheriff, authorized to conduct fund raising events, including redeos and gun safety courses, use of funds for office

Colbert Co., court cost, add'l service of process fees for service by sheriff, distrib.

GFWC Book Lovers Study Club, 90th anniversary, commended

Satchel, Melcha B, Jr., attaining rank of Eagle Scout, commended

McDowell, Ronnie, commended