Relating to the Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009; to amend Sections 41-7A-40, 41-7A-41, 41-7A-42, 41-7A-45, and 41-7A-48, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the incentive by renaming it the Film and Music Incentive Act of 2023, to increase the cap on incentives to fifty million dollars annually, and to allow for the inclusion of music and virtual reality as qualified production companies.
Summary
Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009, to amend
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 3, 2023
Last action May 31, 2023
Floor votes · House May 23, 2023
How they voted
99–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 102
May 23, 2023
D
Democratic27
92% Yea
R
Republican75
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 24, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 23, 2023
Introduced
Read Again a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Economic Development and Tourism)
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education)
lower
May 3, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jamie Kiel
RRepublican
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