HB530 Alabama 2022 Session

Existing law does not provide a mechanism for the review by the Legislature of federal laws, regulations, or executive orders to determine their validity under the Constitution of the United States

This bill would establish the Joint Legislative Committee on the Nullification of Federal Laws and provide for its composition

This bill would require the committee to review federal laws, regulations, and executive orders in order to determine their validity under the Constitution of the United States

This bill would authorize the committee to recommend to the Legislature that it enact a bill to nullify a specific federal law, regulation, or executive order

This bill would provide that a given federal law, regulation, or executive order recommended by the committee to be nullified is not enforceable in this state until it is approved by the Legislature

Relating to nullification of federal law; to establish the Joint Legislative Committee on the Nullification of Federal Laws and provide for its composition; to require the committee to review federal laws, regulations, and executive orders in order to determine their validity; to authorize the committee to recommend to the Legislature that it enact legislation to nullify in its entirety a specific federal law, regulation, or executive order; and to provide that until the Legislature reviews a given federal law, regulation, or executive order recommended by the committee to be nullified, it is not enforceable in this state.