The Alabama Legislature’s 2022 regular session was awash with alcohol-related legislation. In the week following the session, the governor signed into law legislation allowing 18-year-old servers in restaurants, drive-thru and curbside sales, hands-on alcohol production instruction in colleges and universities…
Legislation to completely eliminate Alabama’s minimum business privilege tax by 2024 was signed into law Wednesday. “This will go a long way in providing support for some 230,000 small businesses for years to come,” Gov. Kay Ivey said when she…
After the Alabama Legislature concurred in her executive amendment, the governor signed into law legislation defining workers for certain marketplace platforms, such as Uber, Grubhub, Lyft, Waitr and Alabama-based Shipt, as independent contractors. Act No. 2022-197 by Sen. Arthur Orr,…
Small Business Relief and Revitalization Act Act No. 2022-53 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, and Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman Almost 2,500 businesses that collect sales taxes will no longer have to make monthly estimated payments, starting in May, and an…
The Alabama Legislature completed another three-day legislative week Thursday, leaving only four legislative days remaining in the 2022 regular session. There is some talk that lawmakers may work four straight days next week and not take the traditional week off…
Wednesday, the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee “carried over” by voice vote legislation opposed by the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee, which would have altered the method of electing appellate judges from at-large to districts. The Alabama Retail Association is a…
Not enough Alabama House members voted Wednesday morning to consider legislation requiring the governor to approve any health emergency rule or order issued by the state health officer. When the House sponsor tried to bring up a revised version Thursday,…
Wednesday, the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee voted to amend Act No. 2021-419, the 2021 law that allows wineries to ship wine directly to Alabama homes. SB172 by Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, would: allow a direct wine shipper licensee…
The week started out marking the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic and ended looking forward to a legislative spring break. Only seven legislative days remain in 2022 regular session. When the Legislature returns Tuesday, March 29, from its spring…
The Alabama Retail Association will accept nominations for the 2022 Alabama Retailer of the Year and the Alabama Centennial Retailer awards through Friday, April 29. In its 22nd year, the Alabama Retailer of the Year awards recognize outstanding retailers who…