Capitol Notes Archive

After a long week and late night, the budgets were presented to Gov. Kay Ivey last Friday. While there was some speculation that the governor would use her authority to veto or modify the budgets, Gov. Ivey signed both the General Fund and Education ...Read More

Budget Bills Barrel Towards Finish Line In a relatively rare move by the Alabama Legislature, both the House and Senate worked diligently through the day last Thursday, past midnight, and into early Friday morning to send both the Alabama General Fund budget, Education Trust ...Read More

Thursday marked the end of another grueling three-day week in the Statehouse as lawmakers moved a number of key bills through the legislative process. The Legislature has completed 18 days of the 30-day Regular Session, which must end by mid-June. Education Budget and Supplemental ...Read More

The Alabama Legislature completed its 15th legislative day yesterday, which marks the halfway point of the 2023 Regular Session. Legislative activity is heating up at the Alabama Statehouse as budgets begin to move, and a number of high-profile bills begin to work their way ...Read More

ABA’s lobbying team pushed back on two bills introduced in the Alabama Legislature on behalf of Treasurer Young Boozer that would have created the Alabama Local Government Investment Pool Program within the office of the State Treasurer. By allowing public entities to deposit monies ...Read More

Alabama Economic Development Incentives Returning from their Spring Break recess, members of the Alabama Legislature introduced four separate bills, what Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration has dubbed the “Game Plan,” to modernize and extend Alabama’s primary business incentives programs. The first bill pertains to the ...Read More

The Alabama Legislature gaveled in to begin the first year of its new quadrennium on Tuesday  The first day of the session culminated in a joint session where Gov. Kay Ivey presented out her agenda during her State of the State address. Ivey urged ...Read More