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BILL NUMBER

SPONSOR

DESCRIPTION

SUPPORT

HB 166

Clouse (House)

Enhancement Act: Uses  $8 million dollars to finance the operation of the Department of Industrial Relations. 
STATUS 3/22/04:  Passed Full House waiting to be heard by Senate.

SUPPORT

HB 169
SB 292

Hinshaw (House)
Lindsey (Senate)

$10.00 Increase in unemployment compensation.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Passed Full House waiting to be heard by Senate.

 SUPPORT

HB 53

Hinshaw (House)

Resolution at our October Convention. Provides that paid political advertising made by or paid for by an organization shall include the names of the source of funding for the organization.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Carried over to the call of the Speaker.

SUPPORT

HB 670

Hurst (House)

Consumer Right To Know - Gives Alabama’s Consumers the right to know the name or alias of the person they are talking to, also the county, state and country they are talking to before doing a financial transaction, when talking to a call center or service center.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Waiting hearing    Judiciary Committee

SUPPORT

SB 300
Co-Sponsored by all 35 Senators

HB 358
Co-Sponsored by 80 House Rep.

Butler (Senate),


 Hurst (House)

Keep Jobs In The State Act. Requires contractors and vendors for state government to use American Workers for All Professional Service Contracts.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Waiting to be heard by Full House and Senate.

SUPPORT

HR 466

C. Ford (House)

Up to 2 hours off to Vote, paid with no penalty.
STATUS:  Waiting to be heard by Commerce Committee.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

No taxpayer money used to support or deter union organizing.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

Authorizing a study of the costs and benefits of providing wage replacement to employees who take FMLA.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

Corporate Expatriation Act - Corporations who re-incorporate in "tax haven" countries. Definition: A U. S. based company who moves in name only and on paper only to a "tax haven" country ex.; Bermuda, Cayman Islands and has no substantial business activities in the country of re-incorporation will not be considered for state contracts or be considered a state vendor.

SUPPORT

HB 474

Schmitz (House)

Healthcare Disclosure Act. Requires All applicants for government subsidized health care to report the name of their employer on the application. In Georgia, roughly 10,000 people who received benefits under the Equivalent of Alabama’s All Kids Program were employees of Wal-Mart.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Waiting to be heard by Full House.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

Our Accountability Package

Requires the Department of Revenue to disclose to the Legislature and the General Public, the amount of uncollected state tax revenue from every corporate tax credit, abatement, exemption and reduction provided by the state or a local governmental unit.

BUILDING TRADES ISSUES

SUPPORT

McClammy (House)

Require temporary workers to buy drivers license when working in state for more than 30 days.
STATUS 3/22/04:  Waiting to be heard by Full House.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

State Prevailing Wage Act. If taxpayer money is used on a construction project, prevailing wages must be paid.

SUPPORT

No Bill Number Available

Not Available

Project Labor Agreements - If taxpayer money is used on a construction project, a Project Labor Agreement must be achieved between involved parties.