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SB261 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated May 17, 2022
SB261 Alabama 2022 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2022
Session
3
Sponsors

Summary

Co-Sponsors
Sam GivhanDel Marsh
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Schools, failing, scholarships for students assigned to in order to attend another public or nonpublic school, income tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations increased, Sec. 16-6D-9 am'd.
Description

Under current law, a taxpayer may claim a tax credit in an amount equal to 100 percent of the total contributions the taxpayer made to a scholarship granting organization for educational scholarships during the taxable year for which the credit is claimed, up to 50 percent of the tax liability of the taxpayer, not to exceed $50,000 per taxpayer or a cumulative amount of $30,000,000 annually.

This bill would allow a taxpayer to claim a tax credit of up to 100 percent of the tax liability of the taxpayer, not to exceed $100,000 per taxpayer or a cumulative amount of $30,000,000 annually.

Under current law, all scholarship granting organizations must ensure that scholarship funds on hand at the beginning of a calendar year are expended on educational scholarships by the end of the academic year ending within the next succeeding calendar year.

This bill would require all scholarship granting organizations to ensure that scholarship funds on hand at the beginning of a calendar year are expended on educational scholarships within three calendar years.

Subjects
Education

Bill Actions

S

Assigned Act No. 2022-390.

S

Enrolled

H

Signature Requested

S

Passed Second House

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 889

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 573

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation Education

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass Roll Call 573

March 15, 2022 Senate Passed
Yes 23
No 2
Abstained 1
Absent 9

SBIR: Roberts motion to Adopt Roll Call 572

March 15, 2022 Senate Passed
Yes 24
Absent 11

HBIR: Garrett motion to Adopt Roll Call 888

April 5, 2022 House Passed
Yes 101
Absent 1

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature