Proposed Alabama Firearm Legislation SB261
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions.
Description: Relating to public contracts; to prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts with companies that boycott businesses because the business engages in certain sectors or does not meet certain environmental or corporate governance standards or does not facilitate certain activities; to provide that no company in the state shall be required by a governmental entity, nor penalized by a governmental entity for declining to engage in economic boycotts or other actions that further social, political, or ideological interests; to require the Attorney General to take actions to prevent federal laws or actions from penalizing, inflicting harm on, limiting commercial relations with, or changing or limiting the activities of companies or residents of the state based on the furtherance of economic boycott criteria; and to authorize the Attorney General to investigate and enforce this act; and to provide definitions.
Session: Regular Session 2023
Last Action: Enacted
Last Action Date: May 31, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dan Roberts (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 35)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 31, 2023 | On Third Reading in Second House |
| Senate | May 31, 2023 | Enacted |
| Senate | May 31, 2023 | Enrolled |
| House | May 31, 2023 | Ready to Enroll |
| House | May 31, 2023 | Read a Third Time and Pass |
| House | May 24, 2023 | Reported Out of Committee in Second House |
| House | May 24, 2023 | Read Second Time in Second House |
| House | May 24, 2023 | Reported Favorably from House Financial Services |
| Senate | May 23, 2023 | Read First Time in Second House |
| House | May 23, 2023 | Referred to Committee to House Financial Services |
| Senate | May 18, 2023 | On Third Reading in House of Origin |
| Senate | May 18, 2023 | Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended |
| Senate | May 18, 2023 | Adopt RXF4NN-1 |
| Senate | May 18, 2023 | Adopt 4QGDRI-1 |
| Senate | May 11, 2023 | Read Second Time in House of Origin |
| Senate | May 10, 2023 | Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin |
| Senate | May 10, 2023 | Reported Favorably from Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development |
| Senate | May 10, 2023 | Amendment/Substitute by Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 4QGDRI-1 |
| Senate | Apr 27, 2023 | Read First Time in House of Origin |
| Senate | Apr 27, 2023 | Introduced and Referred to Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | May 31, 2023 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | not available | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Apr 27, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Senate Adopt | Senate Adopt RXF4NN-1 | May 18, 2023 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development AMD/SUB | Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development AMD/SUB 4QGDRI-1 | May 10, 2023 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Adopt 4QGDRI-1 | 05/18/2023 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Yes |
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| Adopt RXF4NN-1 | 05/18/2023 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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| Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended | 05/18/2023 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Read a Third Time and Pass | 05/31/2023 | 74 | 27 | 1 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
