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• Go ahead and call us to order. Wood, you'll lead us in a word of prayer. Good morning, Lord.
• We thank you that you got us all out of bed and you delivered us safely here. and you delivered us safely
• We pray that you would give us the knowledge to make the decisions for this state that we all love.
• The first one, SB301 by Hobie, is related to electronic filing of business property taxes allowed by
• , where the revenue commissioner is authorized to perform duties of selling and redeeming land for taxes

Bills: SB301 , SB329

Committee: House Lee County Legislation

Keywords: Lee County, Alabama, business personal property tax, business property tax, personal property tax return, electronic filing, e-filing, tax administration, revenue commissioner, county tax, business tax return, tax preparer, third-party preparer, property tax returns, online tax filing, local legislation, land redemption, taxation, administrative fee, 1136

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• He is not going to be able to be with us. Uh, HB 444, make a few comments, guys.
• Uh, beef, you can go down the line in things that are just and they don't use the same standards to harvest
• or or use the same standards to harvest or or prepare or process the food substance that we do in this
• :31.520><c> don't</c> in things that are just and they don't in things that are just and they don't use
• the same standards to harvest or or use the same standards to harvest or or prepare<00:09:35.839><c>

Bills: HB444 , HB444

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Keywords: HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization, testing requirement, disease testing, parental rights, school enrollment, attendance requirements, CHOOSE Act, school choice, education funding, tax exemption, corporate income tax

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• And thank you so much given us, Lord. And thank you so much given us, Lord.
• and give us just please be with us and give us just please be with us and give us strength, wisdom,
• He's paging with us today. And he's the son paging with us today.
• Alabama or Yay. That was yay. As in yay. Alabama or Yay. That was yay. As in yay. Alabama or what?
• They listed that Alabama was first among the listed that Alabama was first among the listed that Alabama

Bills: SB199 , HB142 , SB86 , HB152 , HB297 , SB1 , SB1

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

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• Since everybody else is doing it, I thought Madison County could, too, on freezing taxes for those that

Bills: SB371

Committee: Senate Madison County Legislation

Keywords: SB371, Madison County, Alabama constitutional amendment, senior property tax exemption, property tax freeze, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, elderly homeowners, senior citizens, age 65 and older, owner-occupied housing, principal residence, residential property tax, local tax relief, property tax assessment, county tax exemption, 923, senate, all

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• : Use ...write on our hearts these words: Use power to help people.
• Help us ...power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it, Lord, the Lord our God.
• Be with us as he was with our fathers.
• May he not leave us nor forsake us so that he may incline our hearts to him to walk in all his ways,
• And Father, be with us today as we deliberate and help us to keep you at the front of our mind and to

Bills: HB226 , HB24 , HB309 , HB315 , HB272 , HB24 , HB226 , HB309 , HB315 , HB272

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, property tax relief, widow, widower, unremarried spouse, surviving spouse, senior exemption, elderly, disabled, permanently and totally disabled, blind taxpayer, deed ownership, principal residence, school tax, county tax, municipal tax, Alabama Department of Revenue

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• So, I put language in there to let us use other methods.
• </c><00:02:43.120><c> as</c> improvement for burners and for us as improvement for burners and for us
• And Alabama and other restrict that.
• I think Alpha will use this.
• </c> be used by any county in the state. be used by any county in the state.

Bills: SB85 , SB263 , HB277 , HB267 , SB288 , SB85 , SB263 , HB277 , HB267 , SB288

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Keywords: vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education, immunization, religious tenets, sincerely held belief, school health policy, Alabama, AHSAA physical form

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• And it puts us in years old, many of us.
• </c> Anybody object to using previous row? Anybody object to using previous row?
• </c> Anybody object to using previous role. Anybody object to using previous role.
• Use a previous role. The governor is the chief magistrate of Alabama.
• We'll use previous role? Nobody objects. We'll use previous role.

Bills: HB42 , SB246 , SB38 , SB194 , SB183 , SB253 , SB160

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: unclaimed vehicles, towing, Department of Revenue, notification requirements, abandoned vehicles, real estate, residential property, single-family home, homeowner protection, property solicitation, unsolicited offer, wholesaling, real estate wholesaling, assignment contract, equitable interest, investment property, house flipping, predatory real estate practices, title cloud, deceptive trade practices

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• You don't use— >> I did. I did.
• Okay, good. >> Give us five. >> Five.
• &gt;&gt; Give<00:10:30.880><c> us</c><00:10:31.120><c> five.</c> &gt;&gt; Give us five.
• &gt;&gt; Give us five.
• And and may all we do be to your us.

Bills: SB282 , SB282

Committee: House Fiscal Responsibility

Keywords: virtual currency, cryptocurrency, tax exemption, state tax law, digital assets, manufactured homes, certificate of title, Alabama Department of Revenue, law amendment, 1999 models, 1136, house, all

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• So we use a consumption tax model that's based on consumer spending surveys to determine or to estimate
• So, we use a a consumption<00:05:18.479><c> tax</c><00:05:18.880><c> model</c><00:05:19.199><c> that's
• So a less wealthy person is much more likely to buy a used car that has a much lower tax at the time
• </c> have an income tax that they can use. have an income tax that they can use.
• It moves us in the wrong direction as far as contractions to the sales tax base.

Bills: HF331 , HF916

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax

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• Any objection to using discussion? Any objection to using previous<00:10:44.240><c> role?
• </c> Any objection to using previous role? Any objection to using previous role?
• </c> U any objection to using previous role? U any objection to using previous role?
• On behalf of the Alabama Grocers Association, we ask Representative Faulkner to carry this bill for us
• On behalf of the Alabama Grocers Association, we ask Representative Faulkner to carry this bill for us

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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• 11:07.120><c> Authority</c><00:11:07.519><c> now</c> have the Alabama Space Authority now have the Alabama
• ,</c><00:17:31.039><c> it's</c> during their year as Miss Alabama, it's during their year as Miss Alabama
• Let's use our Miss Alabama and get it.
• Let's use our Miss Alabama and get her<00:17:57.440><c> out</c><00:17:57.600><c> there</c><00:17:57.840
• </c> Miss Alabama organization in this state. Miss Alabama organization in this state.

Bills: SB86 , SB196 , SB228 , SB231 , HB73 , HB407 , HB435 , SB86 , SB196 , SB228 , SB231 , HB73 , HB407 , HB435

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: independent contractors, portable benefits, employee benefits, tax deductions, employment relationship, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, financial services, discrimination, social credit score, religious freedom, transparency, consumer rights, Alabama, wastewater management, public service commission

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• But... ...that is a term that is often used.
• As every one of us in our... our state.
• We have a mental health district in our state that is in South Alabama but also in East Alabama, and
• Uh, last year we set up an Alabama Advisory Committee.
• It currently exists mostly of tax...

Bills: HB162 , HB376 , HB425 , SB96 , HB426

Committee: House State Government

Keywords: homelessness, homeless individuals, unsheltered, transient, shelter, encampment, street outreach, relocation, displacement, law enforcement, municipal government, county government, local government, interjurisdictional transport, Class A misdemeanor, criminal penalties, public safety, social services, Alabama Code 15-20A-4, environmental regulation

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• Uh, any objection using previous roll?
• And we do have our beautiful, talented, smart Miss Alabama here with us today, Emma Terry.
• </c> any objection using previous role? any objection using previous role?
• ><00:07:44.880><c> the</c><00:07:45.199><c> state</c> that Miss Alabama was the state that Miss Alabama
• </c> beautiful, talented, smart Miss Alabama beautiful, talented, smart Miss Alabama here<00:08:05.360

Bills: HB97 , HB407 , HB435 , SB361 , HB97 , HB407 , HB435

Committee: Senate State Governmental Affairs

Keywords: absentee ballot, voting, elections, voter registration, electoral process, defective affidavit, voting rights, local redevelopment, tax payments, transient occupancy, state revenue, authority powers, economic development, tax abatement, incentives, Alabama Jobs Act, Accelerate Alabama, NAICS, North American Industry Classification System, 2022 NAICS codes

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• The use of NDAs and the state of Texas.
• </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,
• </c> pass and and so I can see us pass and and so I can see us inadvertently<00:40:48.000><c> uh</c><
• We say things, we say things down us.

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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• </c> people that we represent who elect us people that we represent who elect us and<00:23:04.799><c>
• </c> of operations on service of Alabama of operations on service of Alabama which<00:25:25.840><c> is
• </c> Eric Pinley, the president of Alabama Eric Pinley, the president of Alabama Amlet<00:34:03.200><
• But we went first started with the Medicaid provider tax that you guys helped us with three years ago
• So that will help also in Alabama. rate. So that will help also in Alabama.

Bills: HB185 , HB378 , SB28 , HB400 , SB155 , HB312 , HB185 , HB378 , SB28 , HB400 , SB155 , HB312

Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund

Keywords: appropriation, transportation, judicial system, funding, state budget, Pickens County, local act, vehicle tag fee, registration fee, issuance fee, motor vehicle registration, license plate, replacement tag, transfer tag, renewal fee, county revenue, earmarked funds, ambulance service, emergency medical services, EMS

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• I have a simple little two-page bill that provides that sales and use tax levied by local law for specific
• fee or an extension of a... ...new tax or fee or an extension of a tax or fee.
• The Alabama Secretary of State's website is going to be used free of charge to municipalities.
• Allen from the Alabama League of Municipalities, if you could come up and tell us why you're opposed
• Any objection to using the... Chamas. Any objection to using the previous roll?

Bills: SB270 , SB275 , HB264 , HB281 , SB236 , SB247 , SB249 , SB253 , SB259

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: county tax, education funding, capital projects, local government, sales tax, food trucks, mobile vendors, business license, health inspection, statewide regulation, zoning ordinances, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, municipal zoning, zoning board, appeals process, circuit court

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• Any objection using the previous roll?
• Any objection using the previous roll?
• Any objection used in adopting the sub.
• Alabama? Alabama?
• Chair, circumstances may presently be in Alabama.

Bills: HB2 , HB163 , SB326 , HB17 , HB363 , HB2 , HB163 , SB326 , HB17 , HB363 , SB333

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, income tax, research expenditures, economic development, tax deductions, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Alabama tax law, sheriff, credit card, debit card, financial procedures, Jackson County, purchasing authority, HB17, Alabama Squat Truck Law, squat truck

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• 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
• The Alabama Groundwater Board is made up of us.
• Right now, in that tax-exempt account, if you have a disaster—like a tornado or a hurricane—you can use
• , in order to bring us more up to code.

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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• </c> optionality for us. optionality for us.
• Pulis worked with us. The director Pulis worked with us on this.
• That's a new word I've been using a lot down in South Alabama.
• <c> Alabama.
• </c> counties using the loophole. counties using the loophole.

Bills: SB23 , SB71 , SB105 , SB109 , SB115 , SB131 , SB148 , SB165 , SB23 , SB71 , SB105 , SB109 , SB115 , SB131 , SB148 , SB165

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees

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• Yes, the taxes are low.
• I want to talk a little bit about the taxes because we do pay a lot of taxes, and it's not just the state
• taxes... ...taxes, and it's not just the state battle.
• They do a 7% tax on liquor... ...Northport. They do a 7% tax on liquor sales in that state.
• Thanks for having us here today.

Bills: HB521

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: HB521, mixed spirit beverages, ready-to-drink cocktails, RTD alcohol, alcoholic beverages, liquor, spirits, ABC Board, Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control, wholesaler license, retail license, distribution agreement, exclusive territory, three-tier system, excise tax, alcohol tax, liquor regulation, alcohol labeling, minors, package store