Legislation

Retail Report: Alabama Legislature’s 2018 regular session almost done

Retail Report: Alabama Legislature’s 2018 regular session almost done

A data breach notification requirement for Alabama awaits Senate concurrence, while a measure aimed at leveling the playing field between brick-and-mortar retailers and online-only retailers awaits Senate action in the final week of the Alabama Legislature’s 2018 regular session. Gov. Kay Ivey…

Restaurants must have secure grease trap covers by Dec. 1

Restaurants must have secure grease trap covers by Dec. 1

The Sadie Grace Andrews Act by Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, and Rep. Joe Lovvorn, R-Auburn, is effective June 1. The law requiring secured grease trap covers is named for a 3-year-old who drowned in October in a grease trap outside an Auburn ice cream…

Retail Report: 2018 regular session gearing down

Retail Report: 2018 regular session gearing down

Ten weeks have passed and, technically,10 legislative days remain in the 2018 regular session of the Alabama Legislature. It is obvious by their actions, though, that Alabama’s lawmakers are gearing down for the session. This week, they sent the governor…

$1,000 tax credit for hiring combat and unemployed veterans now law

$1,000 tax credit for hiring combat and unemployed veterans now law

A $1,000 tax credit for hiring combat and unemployed veterans is now law. The Veterans Employment Act by Rep. Connie Rowe, R-Jasper, is retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. Businesses giving honorably discharged combat veterans or any unemployed honorably discharged veteran a full-time,…

Bill mandating refund policy on receipts goes nowhere

Bill mandating refund policy on receipts goes nowhere

Legislation to require retailers to print their refund policy on their customer receipts went nowhere in the 2018 regular session. Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, wanted a printed refund policy to include whether an exchange, store credit or cash refund was…