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• Regardless of whether it is daylight saving time or standard time.
• Your time has expired. All right, my bipartisan bicameral Sunshine Protection Act.
• standard time.
• Unfortunately, permanent daylight saving time and the Sunshine Protection Act do the opposite.
• time.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Keywords: daylight saving time, Sunshine Protection Act, health impacts, clock change, legislative discussion

Summary: The committee meeting was dedicated to discussing significant legislative topics, focusing particularly on the implications of daylight saving time (DST). Senator Scott advocated for the Sunshine Protection Act, which aims to eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes and keep daylight saving time year-round. He emphasized the negative health impacts associated with DST, including increased risks of heart attacks and accidents immediately following the time changes. Various witnesses provided personal testimonies and expert opinions, highlighting the confusion and health disruptions caused by the current time change practices.

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• Lord, thank you for this time that we could be together.
• What this... ...for the state of Alabama.
• , whatever... ...2022, the Federal Jobs Cut Act, which made you amortize.
• So businesses here in Alabama that do this are at risk... ...who have decoupled.
• of Alabama 1975 shall not follow the provisions of 26 U.S.C.

Bills: HB163

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, 1136, house, all

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• You can combine the opportunity zone credit with your other credits.
• tax credit.
• So you say, "All right, Mississippi remote worker, nurse, come to Alabama and we'll give you a tax credit
• But if you're in Alabama and you move from one area to an opportunity zone, you don't get the credit.
• And I think, you know, while some of those tax credits sounded quite large, at the same time, these people

Bills: SB177 , HB83 , HB203 , HB218 , HB256 , HB350 , HB530 , HB546 , HB577 , HB259

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: entertainment, film, music, production incentives, Alabama Film Office, tax rebates, media industry, economic development, Baptist convention, tax exemption, sales and use tax, Alabama, nonprofit, HB203, High Socks for Hope, nonprofit tax exemption, sales tax, use tax, state tax exemption, local option tax exemption

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• This is the Raise Act for the committee members.
• . the state of Alabama.
• We start doing our Raise Act or our student weighted funding act steadily increasing each year out of
• The RAISE Act and those weights and formulas will take over.
• .of that where it says RAISE Act, program line 131 up there.

Bills: SB305 , SB109 , SB122 , SB111 , SB114 , SB113 , SB150 , SB112 , SB289 , SB303

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, Tuskegee University, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility, financial reporting, Education Savings Accounts, RAISE Fund, CHOOSE Act Fund

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• filing Alabama income filing Alabama income filing Alabama income tax got it okay Senator Al Brittain
• get a tax credit for that tax credit for that tax credit for that okay any other questions Senator okay
• Alabama I believe that these in action Alabama I believe that these in action Alabama I believe that
• released on released to ice if they're released on released to ice if they're released on bond anything
• Act but I did not there Fugitive Slave Act but I did not there Fugitive Slave Act but I did not there

Bills: SB82 , SB78 , SB4 , SB6 , SB62 , SB66 , SB77 , SB63 , SB79 , SB53 , SB55 , HB14

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges

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• Remember that time we had to call Richie down at the house. >> What happened?

Bills: HB418 , SB138 , SB215 , HB418 , SB138 , SB215

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: financial services, banking, insurance, debanking, social credit score, ESG, environmental, social, and governance, diversity, equity, and inclusion, DEI, religious freedom, free speech, viewpoint discrimination, political discrimination, firearms, gun industry, ammunition, fossil fuels, oil and gas, mining, timber

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• Uh, this is because the federal government hasn't acted; it probably won't act on privacy, and the fact
• Uh, this is because the federal government hasn't acted; it probably won't act on privacy, and the fact
• Uh, this is because the federal government hasn't acted; it probably won't act on privacy, and the fact

Bills: HB351 , SB109 , HB351 , SB109

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, Tuskegee University, education funding, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, data privacy, consumer rights, personal data, data protection, Alabama Personal Data Protection Act, peer-to-peer car sharing, vehicle insurance, liability, shared vehicles, taxation

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• I appreciate your time.
• I appreciate your time.
• We simply ran out of time.
• </c> create the Sarah Codwell Crosby Act. create the Sarah Codwell Crosby Act.
• Is it time for us?

Bills: SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292 , SB182 , SB251 , SB252 , HB74 , HB159 , HB292

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabis, beverage prohibition, criminal penalties, youth access, Jefferson County, pistol permit, gun permit, concealed carry, firearm permit, sheriff fee, permit fee, weapons license, gun licensing, school security, Jefferson County Sheriff's Fund, retirement system, Gardendale, Birmingham legislative office, local bill

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• or defense at the same time.
• </c> this time. this time.
• </c> the chairman rather than the time slot. the chairman rather than the time slot.
• Eventually, in 2009, this legislative body passed the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, the revised one,
• ><c> the</c> the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, the the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, the revised<00:47

Bills: HB227 , HB454 , SB323 , HB266 , SB52 , SB53 , SB296 , HB37 , HB429 , HB93 , HB249 , HB328 , HB111 , HB132 , HB26 , SB261 , HB227 , HB454 , SB323 , HB266 , SB52 , SB53 , SB296 , HB37 , HB429 , HB93 , HB249 , HB328 , HB111 , HB132 , HB26 , SB261

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• I'll give him the credit on that. In Alabama, we require license plates to be...
• This one has to do with the Alabama Board of Psychology. ...with the Alabama Board of Psychology, just
• It saves them a lot of time, money, and expenditure in making that transfer.
• The Alabama Groundwater Board is made up of us.
• He's been in Coffee County multiple times.

Bills: SB197 , HB140 , SB214 , HB214 , HB147 , HB270 , SB73

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: food trucks, mobile vendors, health inspection, fire safety, state law, regulation, food service, business license, subdivision, transfer of land, immediate family, exemption period, county regulations, Sweet Home Alabama Tourism Investment Act, tourism rebate, tax rebate, sales tax rebate, lodging tax rebate, transactional taxes, tourism development

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• came up and we needed to get them out there and we wanted to make sure the committee had plenty of time
• So I think we got that to you in time.
• Obviously, a big law like this, people might need more time to comply with it.
• Um, now it's just if you control 25,000 consumers or more, and those are Alabama citizens, or 25% of
• citizens,</c><00:10:40.880><c> or</c><00:10:41.120><c> 25%</c><00:10:41.839><c> of</c> those are Alabama

Bills: HB351 , HB351

Committee: House Commerce and Small Business

Keywords: ad valorem tax, road funding, local government, referendum, Choctaw County, data privacy, consumer rights, personal data, data protection, Alabama Personal Data Protection Act, 1136, house, all

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• This is a very, very narrow—we are not striving to change franchise law in Alabama, and I made very careful
• And so you have a franchise agreement and then it's time to renew or do something else.
• <00:03:03.519><c> franchise</c><00:03:04.159><c> law</c><00:03:04.959><c> in</c><00:03:05.440><c> Alabama
• renew</c><00:03:32.000><c> or</c><00:03:32.400><c> do</c><00:03:32.640><c> something</c> then it's time
• to renew or do something then it's time to renew or do something else.<00:03:33.440><c> If</c><00:03

Bills: SB138 , SB166 , SB117

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: franchise, franchisor, franchisee, religious freedom, religious accommodation, sincerely held belief, Sunday closing, Sabbath, day of worship, contract law, commercial contracts, renewal, amendment, brand standards, small business, business hours, civil penalties, injunctive relief, attorney fees, Alabama

Bills: HB527 , HB580 , HB28 , HB3 , HB360 , HB425 , HB354 , HB527 , HB580 , HB28 , HB3 , HB360 , HB425 , HB354

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales, food additives, artificial dyes, ultra-processed food, processed food ban, student health, child nutrition

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• That's not going to be the normal time.
• That's not going to be the normal time.
• That's not going to be the normal time.
• </c> survivors here in the state of Alabama survivors here in the state of Alabama and<00:24:26.320><
• ,</c><00:27:21.360><c> that's</c> if we remove this in Alabama, that's if we remove this in Alabama,

Bills: HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93 , HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: paternity, child custody, joint custody, parental rights, family law, domestic violence, shared parenting, Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, human trafficking, victim restitution, civil action, criminal prosecution, labor servitude, sexual servitude, class A felony, class B felony

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• And that was one of the things that we did with Act of Alabama.
• </c> things that we did with Act of Alabama. things that we did with Act of Alabama.
• </c> to us in the city of Alabama. to us in the city of Alabama.
• And a lot of the time, their IT staff is their part-time city clerk.
• So uh time.

Bills: SB32 , HB404 , SB105 , SB32 , HB404 , SB105

Committee: House County and Municipal Government

Keywords: machinegun, enhanced sentencing, homicide, manslaughter, assault, public safety, HB404, Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, cosmetology, barbering, makeup artist, makeup application, lash artist, brow artist, lash/brow permit, esthetician, salon licensing, studio licensing, mobile salon, mobile studio

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• . >> Oh, it's same time. Okay. Got.

Bills: HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99 , HB9 , HB52 , HB53 , HB99

Committee: House Children and Senior Advocacy

Keywords: elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy, right of survivorship, joint bank account, beneficiary designation, life insurance proceeds, estate law, Alabama probate law, vulnerable adults, senior advocacy, forfeiture of benefits

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• </c><00:06:46.000><c> Ellie</c> Alabama. Ellie, would you stand? Ellie Alabama.
• </c> taller than the last time I saw. Yeah. taller than the last time I saw. Yeah.
• North Alabama Land Trust, $250,000. North Alabama Land Trust, $250,000.
• University of West Alabama,<00:24:24.080><c> $2,974,000.</c> Alabama, $2,974,000.
• Alabama, $2,974,000.

Bills: HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242 , HB235 , HB236 , HB565 , HB237 , HB238 , HB239 , HB240 , HB241 , HB242

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety, youth social media, HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem

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• Time flies.
• </c> this the first time this the first time &gt;&gt; Mr.<00:34:02.799><c> Hawk?
• </c> the advanced manufacturing tax credits. the advanced manufacturing tax credits.
• </c> times more than the average lineman. times more than the average lineman. 108.3 108.3 108.3 times
• </c><01:41:46.560><c> And</c> times more. That's an insane number. And times more.

Bills: HF4059 , HF76

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

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• Let's call the bill up that I had last time. Let's call the bill up that I had last time.
• I said, "No, I didn't do it." >> And it's but it's at the same time. >> Judiciary is at the same time
• </c> &gt;&gt; And it's but it's at the same time. &gt;&gt; And it's but it's at the same time.
• Excuse me. >> Yeah, it's that time of day.
• Ground door was cracked open. >> First time in a long time. Ready? It's hot. >> Oh, it's hot.

Bills: SB289 , HB395

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: economic development, tax credits, local organizations, Growing Alabama Act, infrastructure improvements, intermodal facilities, agricultural centers, liquor, mark up fee, Alcoholic Beverage Control, wholesale sales, state regulation, cost of merchandise, 1136, house, all

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• We're running behind time, so let's get moving.
• All right, my mind stays a couple years behind times.
• Their credits would revert back to give them credit in high school for math or science or whatever they
• Fortunately, we had parents to help us out during that time, but... help us out during that time, but
• Are we allowing them to have this time off also?

Bills: SB175 , SB195 , SB196 , SB199

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: aircraft, tax exemption, sales tax, lease tax, maintenance, Alabama, health insurance, Medicare, retirees, public education, contracts, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, parental leave, state employees, local education agencies