Legislation

Retail Crime Prevention Act takes effect Sept. 1

Retail Crime Prevention Act takes effect Sept. 1

Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act Act No. 2023-531 The Alabama Legislature gave final approval May 31 to the Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act. Gov. Kay Ivey officially signed it into law June 14 and ceremonially signed it Aug. 3. The…

Retail Report: Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act Among 2023 Laws

Retail Report: Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act Among 2023 Laws

Alabama’s new retail theft and organized retail theft law takes effect Sept. 1. Retailers will be able to sign out warrants for arrests without leaving their stores. The law also gives convicted thieves and their organizers real jail time plus monetary consequences. In…

Overtime pay to be exempt from Alabama income tax in 2024

Overtime pay to be exempt from Alabama income tax in 2024

In the 2024 tax year, Alabama income taxes won’t apply to overtime pay for full-time workers in our state, under Act No. 2023-421, which gained legislative approval on the final day of the Alabama Legislature’s 2023 regular session. The Legislature…

Retail Report: Retail theft bill awaits governor’s signature

Retail Report: Retail theft bill awaits governor’s signature

Legislation creating a retail theft and organized retail theft law in Alabama awaits the governor’s signature to become law. The Alabama Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to the Retail Crime Prevention Act, which allows retailers to sign out warrants for arrests…