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2022 Legislative Report

 

Final-Report.pdf (alreporter.com) 

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2022 LWVAL Legislative Priorities

 

  • Voting Rights Issues - to include equitable redistricting, voter registration, voting rights restoration, removal of photo voter ID requirement, etc.

  • Government Transparency*

  • Environmental Protection for All

  • Racial Equity

  • Health Care


* Government Transparency is necessary in order to achieve needed voting reforms.

 

 

LWVAL 2021 Legislative Report
Reporting on the 2021 Regular Session
of the Alabama Legislature

The Alabama Legislature convened on February 2, 2021, and ended on May 17, 2021.
 

The Alabama Legislature convenes the 2021 Regular Session on February 2. During this session, LWVAL will keep citizens informed about the legislature's activities regarding issues of importance to the League via the 2021 Legislative Report. The report will be updated weekly (with some exceptions). For each bill, the report will include bill sponsors, bill summary, link to complete bill text, current status of the legislation, LWVAL's position on the legislation, and LWVAL's action. Action Alerts urging citizens to contact their legislators will be posted in this report at times when their voice would be most effective. Action will be based on the LWVAL issue positions and/or League principles. These are the LWVAL 2021 legislative action priorities.

Click a link below to see the 2021 bills and League action.

    > icon indicates movement of a bill or addition of a new bill.
 

2021 LWVAL Legislative Priorities
Adopted by the LWVAL Board, October 25, 2020

The League of Women Voters of Alabama is focusing on voting rights - both access and process - during the 2021 Alabama Legislative Regular Session.

  • Voting Rights Issues as Adopted by Alabama Arise*

    • Universal Automatic Voter Registration

    • Voting Rights Restoration

    • Absentee and Early Voting

  • Fairmaps - redistricting without political bias; putting an end to gerrymandering

  • Voting Rights Advancement Act**

  • Government Transparency***


* LWVAL is a member organization with Alabama Arise
** This is federal legislation introduced in 2019 but expected to be reintroduced in 2021 during the 117th Congress.
*** Government Transparency is necessary in order to achieve needed voting reforms

The Alabama Legislature

 

LWVAL 2020 Legislative Report
Reporting on the 2020 Regular Session
of the Alabama Legislature

The Alabama Legislature convened on February 4, 2020.
The LWVAL Legislative Report was updated on May 15, 2020.
 

The Alabama Legislature convened the 2020 Regular Session on February 4. During this session, LWVAL will keep citizens informed about the legislature's activities regarding issues of importance to the League via the 2020 Legislative Report. The report will be updated weekly (with some exceptions). For each bill, the report will include bill sponsors, bill summary, link to complete bill text, the current status of the legislation, LWVAL's position on the legislation, and LWVAL's action. Action Alerts urging citizens to contact their legislators will be posted in this report at times when their voices would be most effective. Action will be based on the LWVAL issue positions and/or League principles. These are the LWVAL 2020 legislative action priorities.

Click a link below to see the 2020 bills and League action.

     > icon indicates movement of a bill or addition of a new bill.
 

2020 LWVAL Legislative Priorities*
Adopted by the LWVAL Board,
January 17, 2020
 

Voting Access and Process, including Voting Rights Restoration and Voter Suppression

  > Payday Lending
  > Tax Reform


See reporting on legislative action in previous years.

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