Rep. Danny Garrett

Primary HB 442

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

To create the Alabama Fits All Scholarship Program; require the State Board of Education to contract with a program manager to administer the program; to authorize the program manager to establish scholarship accounts on behalf of eligible students; to prohibit a program manager from accepting scholarship funds in certain circumstances; to require fiscal safeguards and accountability measures; to require eligible schools and service providers to meet certain standards to be eligible to receive scholarship funds; to authorize the program manager to distribute scholarship funds; to require the State Board of Education to provide limited oversight of the program manager, including an appeal process for the program manager's administrative decisions; to prohibit certain regulations of eligible schools and eligible service providers; to require criminal history background information checks for employees and officers of a program manager; to provide for program funding; and to require the program manager and the board to submit reports on the program to the Legislature.

Alabama Fits All Scholarship Program, State Board of Education contracted out program for parents to pay for education goods and services for their students

Introduced May 9, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 241

Signed into law · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to the Alabama Jobs Act and the Growing Alabama Act; to amend Sections 40-18-370, 40-18-372, 40-18-374, 40-18-375, 40-18-376, 40-18-376.1, 40-18-376.2, 40-18-376.3, 40-18-376.4, 40-18-377, 40-18-378, 40-18-382, 40-18-383, 40-18-417.1, 40-18-417.2, 40-18-417.3, 40-18-417.4, 40-18-417.7, and 40-9B-4.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the Alabama Jobs Act sunset date to July 31, 2028; to increase the annualized cap on outstanding Alabama Jobs Act incentives by twenty-five million dollars each year for five years up to four hundred seventy-five million dollars; to increase the investment tax credit transfer time to provide that the first five years of the investment credit may be transferred by the incentivized company and applied by another person or company under the Alabama Jobs Act; to extend the Growing Alabama Act sunset date to July 31, 2028, to increase the annual cap on funding approved pursuant to the Growing Alabama Act to thirty-five million dollars; to remove certain programs from the Growing Alabama Act for the transfer to Innovate Alabama.

Taxation and revenue, Enhancing Economic Progress Act enacted, Alabama Jobs Act and Growing Alabama Act incentives extended, annual cap increased

Signed into law Apr 20, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 257

Passed · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to economic development; to add Article 2D, commencing with Section 41-10-47.01, to Chapter 10 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the State Industrial Development Authority to make site assessment grants and site development grants to certain companies; to provide for the criteria that must be met for grant approval; to provide for changes to criteria based on economic conditions; to limit the funding that may be received by any site under the grant program; to create the Alabama Site Development Fund and provide for its management; to amend Section 41-10-27.2, Code of Alabama 1975, providing for an annual appropriation to the State Industrial Development Authority, to authorize the appropriation to be expended on the grant program created herein; and to exempt the State Industrial Development Authority and certain economic development organizations from certain state laws.

Site Evaluation Economic Development Strategy established, site development grant program established, State Industrial Development Authority authorized to administer grant program

Passed Apr 19, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 116

Passed · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to individual income taxes; to amend Section 40-18-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to eliminate the two percent tax rate on the first five hundred dollars ($500) of taxable income for single persons, heads of families, and married persons filing separate returns and would also eliminate the two percent tax rate on the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) of taxable income for married persons filing a joint return.

Taxation and revenue, individual income tax lowest bracket eliminated

Passed Apr 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 115

Passed · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to individual income taxes; to amend Section 40-18-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to phase-in a reduction in the top tax rate from five percent to four and ninety-five hundredths percent.

Taxation and revenue, individual income tax rate reduced

Passed Apr 6, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 118

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to home inspectors; to add Section 34-14B-11 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a limitation period on actions against licensed home inspectors; and to amend Section 34-14B-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide legislative intent.

Home inspectors; statute of limitations period, provided; legislative intent, provided

Introduced Apr 5, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 250

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Relating to sales taxes; to amend Section 40-23-1, as last amended by Acts 2022-199 and 2022-291, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-23-2, as last amended by Act 2022-346, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-23-60, as last amended by Act 2022-199, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, and Section 40-23-61, Code of Alabama 1975; to define "food" and begin phasing-out the state sales and use tax on food on September 1, 2023; to require certain growth targets in the Education Trust Fund for future sales tax reductions on food; to establish the sales and use tax rate on food for purposes of county and municipal sales and use taxes as the existing general or retail sales and use tax rate; and to authorize a county and municipality to reduce the sales and use tax rate or exempt food from local sales and use taxes.

Taxation and revenue, food defined for sales and use tax purposes, rate established and phased-out, local governments authorized to reduce or eliminate sales and use tax on food

Introduced Apr 4, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 174

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, from the Education Trust Fund to various agencies and entities a total amount of $2,787,667,309.

FY23 ETF Supplemental Appropriation Bill

Introduced Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 169

Introduced · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

To make appropriations for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

FY24 Education Trust Fund - Governor's Rec.

Introduced Mar 21, 2023 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HJR 282

Signed into law · Alabama House · Lead sponsor

Williams, Pebblin Walker, commended

Signed into law Apr 7, 2022 0 co-sponsors