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• What this bill does, currently in Alabama, if you're a veteran and you're 1% disabled, you're exempt
• from paying property taxes in Alabama.
• 00:18:17.840><c> property</c><00:18:18.240><c> taxes</c><00:18:18.559><c> in</c><00:18:18.799><c> Alabama
• </c><00:18:19.280><c> So,</c><00:18:19.520><c> we</c> paying property taxes in Alabama.
• So, we paying property taxes in Alabama.

Bills: HB131, HB77, HB131, HB77

Keywords: Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers, diversity, government oversight, Sunset Law, congressional districts, HB77, absentee voting, absentee ballot, disabled voter, disability accommodation, voter assistance, ballot delivery, ballot application, designee, caregiver, election manager, vote by mail, mail ballot, ballot harvesting, voter access

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• Let's give Alabama Rise two minutes to speak. Um, I'm sorry, I cannot read the name.
• I'm Robin Heiden, the executive director of Alabama Arise.
• There are 700,000 Alabama children currently on Medicaid in... ...children currently on Medicaid in Alabama
• So without that—it's the law now—but the forms don't ask what the non-custodial parent earns.
• But I'm happy to work with Alabama Rise. Just what I think—don't pass blame on her now.

Bills: HB37, HB187, HB177, SB63, HB82, SB48, HB33, HB37, HB33

Keywords: judicial compensation, salary increase, court system, Alabama legislation, judges, HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety

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• enforcement and works for a county law enforcement agency, I see as our communities have grown, law
• </c><00:11:10.560><c> So</c> law now that I just read. So law now that I just read.
• So you can enforce laws that you currently have on the book that mirror state law.
• So you can enforce laws that you currently have on the book that mirror state law.
• </c> &gt;&gt; law the land for basically ever. &gt;&gt; law the land for basically ever.

Bills: HB450, HB469, SB298, HB450, HB638, HB469, SB298

Keywords: HB450, judges, judicial office, constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, age limit, mandatory retirement, judicial eligibility, supernumerary judge, judicial retirement, state judicial retirement benefits, election law, appointment, voter approval, ballot measure, Judiciary Committee, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation

Bills: SB297, HB562

Keywords: water resources, division chief, state governance, Alabama law, exempt service, State Auditor, property investigations, loss and theft, state property, property inventory control, 1136, house, all

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• ...different check-off programs, mostly research and education on cotton and cotton production in Alabama
• We believe very strongly that Alabama law was not applied, and what that has resulted in is potentially

Bills: SB207, SB72

Keywords: cotton, agriculture, levy, assessment, referendum, Alabama law, medical cannabis, cannabis license, integrated facility license, Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, AMCC, medical marijuana, dispensary, cultivation, processing, license appeal, administrative hearing, judicial review, consultant selection, license denial

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• He said Alabama would not be the first state to pass this law.
• He noted that Texas passed the law unanimously last year and that it was signed into law by Governor
• </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,
• law, for a number of years.

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

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 law enforcement will come and take it down.
• And law enforcement will come and take it down.
• I'm with Alabama CASA Network Incorporated now.
• I'm with Alabama of court several years.
• </c> programs in the state as well as Alabama programs in the state as well as Alabama CASA<00:48:38.559

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

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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• Without the criminal penalties of Alabama 15530, the law lacks the strength it needs to serve as... lacks
• I mean, laws are for lawbreakers—now that's what the law is for, those that break the law.
• Alabama School of Law that teaches in the academy and one of the lieutenants of the local police department
• I believe in obeying the law; that's why we have law and order.
• law.

Bills: HB105, HB296, HB15, HB264, HB34, HB304, HB146, HB26, HB15, HB34, HB26

Keywords: law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, resisting arrest, custody, public safety, Alabama law, traffic infractions, traffic ticket, disposition, criminal contempt, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, compliance, false information

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• Solid, long-lasting protections that are carved in the law.
• I really believe and hope this can be an official law in Alabama like 22 other states have. ...
• Local law enforcement needs to have the tools to make those arrests under Alabama state law.
• Again, on several occasions, there's just been a need for stricter Alabama laws related to mail theft
• We're not trying to create any new law here in Alabama as it relates to prohibiting certain firearms.

Bills: SB76, SB35, SB116, SB119, SB118, SB129, SB32, SB31, SB115, SB75, HB27, HB40

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

Bills: HB205, HB464, HB1361, HB2546, HB3229, HB205

Keywords: alternative fueling, grants, environment, public accessibility, transit authorities, scrap tires, tire dumping, illegal dumping, waste tire cleanup, environmental remediation, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, county grants, public education, enforcement, prosecution, right-of-way, coastal waters, inland waters, solid waste

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• We've missed out on so much here in Alabama that's got Alabama names, but it's not filmed here.
• They have been working in 20 Alabama counties.
• to say, "I'll choose to move to Alabama."
• We're not able to recruit them in Alabama because we don't really... ...in Alabama because we don't really
• I can show them why it's great to live in Alabama, but we got to get them here. ...Alabama, but we got

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

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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• I would like to address the Alabama. I would like to address the Alabama.
• I made the trip to state of Alabama. I made the trip to state of Alabama.
• This strife and angst has in Alabama. This strife and angst has in Alabama.
• Alabama Bill 270 for the 67 counties in Alabama that don't currently have a local law to that don't
• My my father-in-law played in dirt. My my father-in-law played in dirt.

Bills: HB258, HB324, HB333, SB270, HB258, HB324, HB333, SB270

Keywords: primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government

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• Thank you for this group of people that's willing to work so hard for the people of Alabama.
• Thank you for everyone in this room who cares about Alabama, our students, and the well-being of our
• The main gist of the bill was to expand the existing law pre-K through 12, and that's what prohibits

Bills: SB166, HB365, HB272, HB232, HB234, SB278, SB277

Keywords: Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, sex education, abstinence, public schools, parental consent, human reproductive process, teen pregnancy, educational policy, sexual risk avoidance, 1136, house, all

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• Under existing law, there are two types of memberships in the...
• That's really not our fight, but we do have, in light of existing law and the demand for contributors
• Well, there's nothing in the law that would make these current mandatory members continue to contribute
• If we don't have anything in the law that makes them contribute, our concern is about...
• We had a situation with Chairman Karsky several years ago where some members of law enforcement opted

Bills: HB343, HB345

Keywords: retirement system, mandatory membership, Jefferson County, employee contributions, civil service, special reserve deputy, emergency writ condition, Sheriff, law enforcement, property seizure, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards, 1136, house, all

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• in the state of Alabama.
• Law enforcement does as well.
• In addition to any use permitted by law, the funds of the Alabama 21st Century Authority may be used
• Automatically follow federal law.
• That Alabama will automatically follow federal law. Very good. Any questions on the amendment?

Bills: HB227, HB255, HB465, HB472, HB482, HB483, HB526, HB529, HB484

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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• c><00:15:27.519><c> With</c><00:15:27.760><c> that,</c><00:15:27.920><c> I'll</c> in the state of Alabama
• With that, I'll in the state of Alabama.
• have a death certificate to be buried there, but he couldn't be buried there because the state of Alabama
• </c><00:16:40.160><c> didn't</c><00:16:40.800><c> couldn't</c> the state of Alabama didn't couldn't the
• state of Alabama didn't couldn't issue<00:16:41.360><c> him</c><00:16:41.440><c> a</c><00:16:41.600>

Bills: SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84, SB63, HB156, HB289, SB80, SB84

Keywords: immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, out-of-state warrants, criminal procedure, extradition, Alabama Code, arrest authority, interstate cooperation, Marshall County, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority, in-lieu-of-taxes, payments distribution, local legislation, school funding, education finance

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• </c> we do that in partnership with Alabama we do that in partnership with Alabama Coastal<00:05:22.720
• Sea oats are along the shore, of course, and we've had a law in Alabama that you can't pick them since
• Sea oats are along the shore, of course, and we've had a law in Alabama that you can't pick them since
• </c><00:10:10.480><c> in</c><00:10:10.720><c> Alabama</c> of course and we've had a law in Alabama of
• course and we've had a law in Alabama that<00:10:11.279><c> you</c><00:10:11.440><c> can't</c><00:10

Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38

Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters

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• But when we did that bill, we called it the Alabama State Port Authority, but we're just trying to line
• the code up so everything reads the same as the Alabama Port Authority because they do have a bonding
• Uh, current Alabama law says your license plates—there's a required redesign.
• Uh current Alabama<00:09:49.839><c> law</c><00:09:50.160><c> says</c><00:09:50.399><c> your</c><00:09
• :50.640><c> license</c><00:09:51.120><c> plates</c> Alabama law says your license plates Alabama law

Bills: HB136, HB137, HB220, HB213, HB256, HB136, HB137, HB220, HB213, HB256

Keywords: Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher, Tier I, Tier II, public pension, pension reform, education employees, retirement system, sick leave, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, beneficiary, lump-sum payout, rollover, service retirement

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• Under that current law, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) regulates and enforces
• scrap tire laws.
• Last year, there was one in Alabama.
• I am from Alabama, just up the road.
• Because, you know, we look around Alabama, and we ain't going to own Alabama anymore when it comes to

Bills: HB145, HB311

Keywords: HB145, scrap tires, scrap tire disposal, illegal dumping, ADEM, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, environmental enforcement, Class 2 municipality, municipal court, local enforcement, delegation agreement, primacy, waste management, tire recycling, tire hauling, environmental quality act, misdemeanor penalties, Class A misdemeanor, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor

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• We have concern of Alabama families.
• </c> Ambulance of Alabama here in Montgomery. Ambulance of Alabama here in Montgomery.
• </c> paramedic here in the state of Alabama paramedic here in the state of Alabama for<00:28:20.159><
• </c> those years working for the Alabama those years working for the Alabama Department<00:28:24.240>
• The Alabama function of government.

Bills: HB424, SB63, SB269

Keywords: HB424, Montgomery County, sheriff, county sheriff, salary increase, expense allowance, local act, county general fund, retirement contributions, public official compensation, law enforcement pay, elected official salary, Montgomery County legislation, sheriff compensation, term-based salary, immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens