Generated on 05/18/2021 Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants - 2021 REGULAR SESSION OF ALABAMA LEGISLATURE Tuesday, May 18, 2021 # Full Text Title House Comm Senate Comm Sponsors Status Related Last Action Act # Tracking Vulnerable Child Compassion and May 06, 2021 - Protection Act, prohibits gender change HB 0001 Full Text Judiciary Wes Allen Introduced Indefinitely therapy for minors, prohibits withholding of Postponed certain related information from parents Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Taxation, income taxes, federal Coronavirus referred to the House Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Ways and Means HB 0019 Full Text Arnold Mooney Introduced HB 0035 of Representatives excluded from Alabama individual income Education committee on Ways taxation and Means Education Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Licensing boards, commissions required to referred to the House notify new members of potential violation for Boards, Agencies HB 0026 Full Text Matt Simpson Introduced of Representatives receiving more than one compensation, and Commissions committee on Sec. 41-9A-3 added. Boards, Agencies and Commissions Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Taxation, income taxes, federal Coronavirus referred to the House Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Ways and Means HB 0035 Full Text Andy Whitt Introduced HB 0019 of Representatives excluded from Alabama individual income Education committee on Ways taxation and Means Education Discrimination, to make it unlawful to deny an individual full and equal employment of public accommodations based on certain Feb 02, 2021 - Read protected classes, to make it unlawful for a for the first time and local school board to discriminate against an referred to the House HB 0087 Full Text Judiciary Rolanda Hollis Introduced individual based on certain protected of Representatives classes, and to make it unlawful for an committee on employer to discriminate against an Judiciary applicant or employee based on certain protected classes Feb 02, 2021 - Read Income tax; exclusion for federal tax credits, for the first time and advance refunds, or loan forgiveness from referred to the House Ways and Means HB 0098 Full Text federal CARES Act; exemption from income Andy Whitt Introduced of Representatives Education and financial institution excise tax for committee on Ways amounts from the Coronavirus Relief Fund and Means Education Apr 01, 2021 - Emergency Management Act of 1955, Fiscal Responsibility Delivered to Assigned states of emergency, business and religious HB 0103 Full Text and Economic Jamie Kiel Passed Governor at 2:30 Act No. entities authorized to operate under certain Development p.m. on April 1, 2021-160. conditions 2021. Ethics, State Ethics Commission, duties and membership revised, penalties, definitions, gift ban, enforcement procedures revised, Secs. 36-25-1, 36-25-3, 36-25-4, 36-25-4.1, 36-25-4.3, 36-25-5, 36-25-5.1, May 06, 2021 - Ethics and Campaign HB 0105 Full Text 36-25-7, 36-25-8, 36-25-9, 36-25-10, 36-25- Mike Ball Introduced Indefinitely Finance 12, 36-25-13, 36-25-14, 36-25-15, 36-25- Postponed 16, 36-25-17, 36-25-18, 36-25-19, 36-25- 23, 36-25-24, 36-25-27 am'd; Secs. 17-17- page 1 of 9 Generated on 05/18/2021 4, 36-25-1.1, 36-25-1.3, 36-25-5.2, 36-25-6, 36-25-11, 36-25-22 repealed. Lead reduction, revise authority of Dept of May 06, 2021 - HB 0121 Full Text Public Health to administer program, Secs. Health Reed Ingram Introduced SB 0143 Indefinitely 22-37A-2 to 22-37A-7, inclusive, am'd. Postponed Professional licensing Boards, self- Apr 20, 2021 - Read sustaining, bds, agencies, and commissions for the first time and exempted from publishing expenditures HB 0124 Full Text Governmental Affairs Chris Pringle Engrossed referred to the Senate through Comptroller website, required to committee on post expenditures on bd, agency, or Governmental Affairs commission website Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Taxation, CARES Act, exempts Alabama referred to the House Ways and Means HB 0152 Full Text income tax relating to the coronavirus Arnold Mooney Introduced SB 0075 of Representatives Education pandemic committee on Ways and Means Education Apr 07, 2021 - Business entities, Sec. of State authorized Delivered to Assigned to waive the Certificate of Existence fee for HB 0165 Full Text Governmental Affairs Reed Ingram Passed SB 0110 Governor at 2:45 Act No. business entities under certain conditions, p.m. on April 7, 2021-222. Sec. 10A-1-4.31 am'd. 2021. Income tax, exclusion for federal tax credits, advance refunds, qualified disaster relief payments, subsidies, grants, student loans, or loan forgiveness from federal CARES Act and subsequent federal COVID relief Feb 11, 2021 - legislation, exemption from income and Delivered to Assigned Ways and Means HB 0170 Full Text financial institution excise tax for amounts Danny Garrett Passed SB 0098 Governor at 11:42 Act No. Education from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, to a.m. on February 11, 2021-1. decouple from 26 U.S.C, 951A and 118 (b) 2021. (2), to change business interest expense limitation, and to allow Electing Pass- Through Entity to be taxed at entity level, Sec. 40-27-1 am'd. Competitive bids by co. and city bds of ed May 17, 2021 - and gov't entities, exclusion for purchases Delivered to through cooperative purchasing agreements HB 0187 Full Text Governmental Affairs Terri Collins Enrolled SB 0015 Governor at 7:24 to include leases and lease/purchase p.m. on May 17, agreements, Secs. 16-13B-2, 41-16-51 2021. am'd. Economic development, job credit and investment credit for approved projects sunset date extended, incentives for attraction of new and expanding business including rural areas, incentives for high- Feb 11, 2021 - Assigned Ways and Means HB 0192 Full Text tech companies Growing Alabama Act, William Poole Passed SB 0125 Assigned Act No. Act No. Education Income tax, tax credits for use of state's port 2021-2. 2021-2. facilities, authorized, Sec. 40-18-376.4 added; Secs. 40-18-370, 40-18-375, 40-18- 376.3, 40-18-382, 40-18-383, 40-18-400, 40-18-403 am'd. May 17, 2021 - Taxation, sales of land for taxes, conducted Delivered to HB 0201 Full Text on premises of or within courthouse or Governmental Affairs Jim Hill Enrolled SB 0111 Governor at 7:24 courthouse annex, Sec. 40-10-15 am'd. p.m. on May 17, 2021. Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Open Meetings Act, further define terms referred to the House HB 0203 Full Text deliberation and meeting, technical State Government Timothy Wadsworth Introduced of Representatives revisions, Sec. 36-25A-2 am'd. committee on State Government Covid-19 Recovery Capital Credit Protection Mar 18, 2021 - Read Act of 2021, created, employment and wage for the first time and requirements for qualifying projects Finance and Taxation referred to the Senate HB 0211 Full Text Kyle South Engrossed SB 0274 extended, compensation amounts for Education committee on exemption purposes increased, Sec. 40-18- Finance and Taxation 19.1 am'd. Education page 2 of 9 Generated on 05/18/2021 Workers' compensation, firefighters, law Apr 29, 2021 - enforcement officers, diagnosed with post- Pending third reading traumatic stress disorder, reimbursed for Finance and Taxation on day 28 Favorable HB 0212 Full Text Matt Simpson Engrossed SB 0166 certain out-of-pocket expenses, co's and General Fund from Finance and municipalities required to maintain certain Taxation General disability insurance coverage Fund Feb 02, 2021 - Read for the first time and Health, coronavirus vaccine, prohibit referred to the House employers from taking adverse actions Commerce and HB 0214 Full Text Chip Brown Introduced of Representatives against an employee based on Small Business committee on immunization status Commerce and Small Business Consumer Protection, Alabama Consumer Feb 02, 2021 - Read Privacy Act, created, allow consumers to for the first time and opt in or out to sale of personal information referred to the House Technology and HB 0216 Full Text with certain conditions, require business Craig Lipscomb Introduced of Representatives Research collecting data to make certain disclosures, committee on violation or deletion of, Deceptive Trade Technology and Practices Act Research Corporations, AL Business and Nonprofit Entities Code, amended to clarify relationship between chapters and various sections in Title 10A, Secs. 10A-1-5.18, 10A-2A-2.01,10A-2A-8.30, 10A-2A-8.31, 10A-2A-8.42, 10A-2A-8.43, 10A-2A-8.59, 10A-2A-9.01, 10A-2A-10.06, 10A-2A-10.07, 10A-2A-10.08, 10A-2A-11.01, 10A-2A- 13.01, 10A-2A-16.01,10A-3-1.05, 10A-8A- 4.10, 10A-8A-8.06, 10A-8A-8.09, 10A-8A- 8.10, 10A-8A-9.01 added; Secs 10A-1-1.02, May 06, 2021 - 10A-1-1.03, and 10A-1-4.02, 10A-2A- HB 0230 Full Text State Government William Poole Introduced SB 0096 Indefinitely 1.40,10A-2A-1.41, 10A-2A-2.02,10A-2A- Postponed 7.20, 10A-3-1.02, 10A-3-2.02, 10A-3-2.03, 10A-3-2.09, 10A-3-2.21, 10A-5A-1.02, 10A- 5A-2.01, 10A-5A-2.02, 10A-5A-7.02, 10A- 5A-7.04, 10A-5A-7.05, 10A-5A-7.06, 10A- 5A-7.07, 10A-5A-11.10, 10A-5A-11.12, 10A-5A-11.13, 10A-5A-11.14, 10A-5A- 11.15, 10A-8A-1.02, 10A-8A-8.02, 10A-8A- 8.07, 10A-9A-1.02, 10A-9A-2.01, 10A-9A- 2.02, 10A-9A-4.06, 10A-9A-4.07, 10A-9A- 8.02, 10A-9A-8.06, 10A-9A-8.07, 10A-9A- 8.09, 10A-9A-8.10, 10A-9A-10.01 am'd.