Capitol Notes Archive

Important leadership and committee positions were filled by the Alabama House and Senate during the recently concluded 2019 Organizational Session. In the 105-seat state House, Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) of District 25 was elected to his first full term as Speaker and Rep. Victor ...Read More

With two days remaining in the proposed schedule for the 2018 Regular Session, all of the three bills still being tracked by the association are in position to pass before the final day adjourns next week. First, House Bill 417, a bill Rep. Chris ...Read More

MARCH 9, 2018 — A legislative priority for the State Banking Department and Alabama Banking Superintendent Mike Hill advanced out of a House committee this week, while a payday lending bill was the center of attention Thursday afternoon on the Senate floor. On Wednesday, ...Read More

MARCH 2, 2018 — As the session hit its official halfway point, one piece of legislation important to the financial services industry to a major step forward, while another, thankfully, took a major step back. On Thursday, the Alabama Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill ...Read More

FEBRUARY 16, 2018 — The sixth week of the 2018 Regular Session saw two association-backed bills take major steps toward enactment as well as the introduction of three bills that the association had been working on for some time behind-the-scenes. On Tuesday, the Senate ...Read More

FEBRUARY 9, 2018 — While the legislative workweek was brimming with bills that had already been introduced, much of the association’s efforts during week five of the 2018 Regular Session focused on a bill that will likely be introduced in the near future. Attorney ...Read More

JANUARY 26, 2018 — If I told you that two major topics of discussions in the Capital City this week were taxes and elections, you would probably think those conversations were taking place in Washington, D.C. But during the third week of the 2018 ...Read More