May 19, 2023 - Week in Review

IN MONTGOMERY, I'M TODD STACY.

WELCOME TO "CAPITOL JOURNAL'"S WEEK IN REVIEW.

THE LEGISLATURE MET FOR DAYS 21, 22 AND 23 OF THE SESSION LEAVING THEM WITH SEVEN DAYS REMAINING UNTIL SINE DIE.

IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS OR NEED TO PLAN, LET'S WALK THROUGH WHAT THE REST OF SESSION MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

THE CONSTITUTION, THE LEGISLATURE HAS 105 CALENDAR DAYS TO MEET FOR 30 LEGISLATIVE DAYS.

WITH JUST SEVEN TO GO, THE HOUSE AND SENATE SHOULD SEE A MIX OF TWO AND THREE DAY WEEKS THROUGH THE END OF MAY AND INTO JUNE.

MOST YEARS, LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIPS DECIDES TO TAKE A TEN DAY BREAK BETWEEN THE SECOND TO LAST AND LAST DAY OF SESSION IN ORDER TO AVOID WHAT'S KNOWN AS A POCKET VETO.

THE CONSTITUTION GRANTS THE GOVERNOR TEN DAYS TO VETO OR AMEND LEGISLATION, INCLUDING AFTER THE SESSION ADJOURNS.

SO IF THE LEGISLATURE WAITS UNTIL THE LAST DAY TO PASS IMPORTANT BILLS, SHE COULD VETO THEM AND THEY'D HAVE NO RECOURSE.

WITH THE TEN DAY WINDOW, THEY GAIN THE ABILITY TO OVERRIDE ANY POTENTIAL VETOS ON THAT LAST DAY OF SESSION.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, BUT IT DOES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.

SHOULD THE LEGISLATURE CHOSE THAT OPTION, IT WOULD LIKELY MEAN THAT MONDAY, JUNE 19 IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION.

AS IT HAPPENS, THAT IS THE 105TH DAY SINCE THE SESSION BEGAN ON MARCH 7.

GETTING INTO LEGISLATIVE ACTION, WE'LL START IN THE HOUSE, WHERE LAWMAKERS WORKED THROUGH THREE FULL CALENDARS THIS WEEK WITH SOME KEY BILLS.

SENATE BILL 154 WOULD LIMIT HOW QUICKLY THE STATE CAN SUSPEND A PERSON'S DRIVERS LICENSE FOR NON MOVING VIOLATIONS.

SPONSORED BY SENATOR WILL BARFOOT, THE BILL WAS CARRIED IN THE HOUSE BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE TIM WADSWORTH.

>> IF YOU HAVE A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER OR DETENTION FACILITY, IF SOMEONE BRINGS CONTRABAND IN THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEFINE WHAT CONTRABAND IS.

IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE BRINGING IN ANYTHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN A FACILITY THAT -- THAT THEY CANNOT CHARGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

WHAT THIS DOES, IT ADDS JUVENILE FACILITIES AND GIVES THEM THE SAME AUTHORITY AS DOC AND ALSO COUNTY JAILS TO DEFINE AND CHARGE SOMEBODY WHO BRINGS ILLEGAL DRUGS OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE FACILITY.

>> THAT BILL PASSED THE HOUSE, WENT BACK UPSTAIRS AND PASSED THE SENATE AND IS HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR.

ONE BILL THAT GENERATED PLENTY OF DEBATE WAS A PROPOSAL AIMED AT PREVENTING CHILDREN FROM BEING EXPOSED TO PORNOGRAPHY BY REQUIRING COMPUTER AND SMART PHONE MANUFACTURERS TO AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE FILTERS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS TO MATURE MATERIAL.

HOUSE BILL 298 IS SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS SELLS.

>> THIS BILL PASSES, TELL ME WHAT IMPACT WOULD THIS HAVE WITH THE -- WOULD THE MANUFACTURER HAVE TO CREATE A CERTAIN TYPE OF PHONE FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER STATES?

WILL EACH PERSON HAVE TO GO TO A RETAILER THAT SOLD THEM THE PHONE TO GET THIS CHANGED?

DO YOU SEE ANY ANTICIPATION ANTICIPATED CONSUMER AND INCREASE IN COST FROM THE CONSUMER?

TALKS TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THEN THE OTHER THINGS IS, WHILE I AGREE THAT OUR KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE EXPOSED TO, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE -- AN ISSUE BEYOND JUST PORN ALONE.

>> THE FILTER I'M TALKING ABOUT ACTIVATING IS ALREADY ON THE PHONE.

THEY MAKE THE PHONE WITH THE FILTER.

ALL THIS BILL SAYS IS THIS WHEN YOU SELL THE PHONE HAVE THE FILTER ON INSTEAD OF OFF.

SO WHEN YOU GET THE PHONE, YOU SET UP A PASSWORD.

A MINOR CAN'T ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.

SO WHOEVER GETS THE PHONE AT A STORE WILL, AT THE TIME OF SALE, WILL SET UP A PASSWORD FOR THE FILTER.

IF YOU WANT THEY WANT TO TURN IT OFF, THEY CAN.

BUT THEY WILL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE PARDON WORD.

>> THAT BILL PASSED WITH 11 ABSTAINING.

>> THAT'S LOOK AT OTHER BILLS THAT PASSED THIS WEEK.

HOUSE BILL 465 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE REX REYNOLDS ESTABLISHES THE OPIOID TREATMENT AND ABATEMENT FUND.

THIS IS THE FUND THAT WILL ALLOCATE MONEY THE STATE RECEIVED FROM DRUG COMPANIES AS PART OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT REACHED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL.

IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND GOES TO THE SENATE.

HOUSE BILL 117 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DANNY GARRETT WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE RETIREMENT INCOME ELIGIBLE TO BE EXEMPT FROM $6,000 TO $10,000.

IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND GOES TO THE SENATE.

HOUSE BILL 399 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS PRINGLE WOULD CHANGE THE 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION DATES SO THAT THE PRIMARY RUNOFF WOULD BE SIX WEEKS AFTER THE PRIMARY INSTEAD OF FOUR.

WITHOUT THE CHANGE, THE RUNOFF WOULD OCCUR THE WEEK OF EASTER.

THE BILL PASSED 91-11 AND GOES TO THE SENATE.

HOUSE BILL 229 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS ENGLAND WOULD ALLOW NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS CONVICTED UNDER THE HABITUAL OFFENDER LAW TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A RESENTENCING HEARING.

IT PASSED 64-37 AND NOW GOES TO THE SENATE.

RANDY SCOTT COVERS THE HOUSE FOR CAPITOL JOURNAL.

IN HIS STORY TONIGHT, HE GOES DEEPER INTO THE WEEK THAT WAS IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

>> HOUSE BILL 29AL WAS AMONGST THOSE QUESTIONABLE THIS WEEK AND IT SET UP THE ABILITY TO HAVE CELL PHONES AND OTHER TOOLS.

>> THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE THAT HAS HAD A DIFFERENT SETTING ON IT SPECIFICALLY FOR ALABAMA?

AND IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY?

IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT IT'S DOING FOR CHILDREN.

I'M WILLING TO PAY A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.

JUST PAID $800 FOR A LITTLE PHONE.

IF IT WILL COST ME $810 AND IT'S GOING TO PROTECT CHIRP I'M FOR IT.

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE JUST A $10 FEE.

IF THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PHONE -- IT WILL SHOW ALABAMA MODE.

>> HOUSE BILL 298 IS APPROVED.

THURSDAY'S ACTIONS INCLUDES A DISCUSSION ON HOUSE BILL 339 CONCERNING ELECTION RUN OFF BASES.

>> THIS CHANGES THE RUNOFF TO SIX WEEKS.

ORIGINALLY IT WAS ONE YEAR BUT IT WAS MADE THAT AFTER THE PRIMARY THE RUNOFF WILL BE SIX WEEK AND NOT FOUR.

>> WHEN THEY PAY US TO HELP THE AMERICAN VOTE BILL AND TOOK IT TOO SIX WEEK AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THIS THEY DID IT THEY NEVER WAS IT HELPED OUR MILITARY OVERSEAS TO GET THEIR BALLOTS IN, SPECIAL DURING A RUNOFF ELECTION NOT ONLY THAT BUT IT HELPED THOUGH THE AMERICANS THAT ARE SERVING ABROAD IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

IT HELPED THEM GET THEIR BALLOTS BACK IN ALSO.

>> HOUSES BILL 339 IS APPROVED.

LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH CHAMBERS MEET IN THE HOUSE FOR THE ANNUAL PROGRAM HONORING PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> YOU HEARD ME SAYING MANY TIMES THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION CONTINUES TO BE UNDER ATTACK.

YET TODAY WE PAUSE IN HONOR OF THESE RECIPIENTS TODAY IN HONOR OF THOSE THAT PAY THE ULTIMATE PSYCHIATRIST OF SACRIFICE.

WE WILL RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE LIGHT OF DUTY AND THOSE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANG TO SAVE OTHERS.

>> AND WHEREAS FOR HIS BRAVERY ON JUNE 29, 2022 AND FOR THE EVENTS THAT THAT FOLLOWED DEPUTY JOHNSON IS HONORING AND DESERVING OF THE 200023 MEDAL OF HONOR.

>> UP IN THE SENATE, SENATORS WORKED SOME LONG HOURS THIS WEEK DUE TO MULTIPLE FILIBUSTERS DELAYING THE DAYS.

ONE BILL THAT WASN'T CONTROVERSIAL WAS LEGISLATION MEANT TO TRAIN, ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVES SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN ALABAMA.

SENATE BILL 300 FROM SENATOR ARTHUR ORR WOULD CREATE THE ALABAMA PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.

IT WOULD ALSO CREATE STIPENDS FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHO COMPLETE THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

>> THIS BILL WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR PRINTS IN EXCEPTING THEM AND UP IN THE TRAINING PRINCIPLES AND THERE'S A STIPEND FOR HARD-TO-FILL SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND IT WILL HELP US HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM OF PRINCIPAL PREPARATION AND TRAINING AND ALSO, HIKE YOU SAID, COMPENSATE THEM ACCORDINGLY IF THEY TAKE THAT TRAINING, AND THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY IF THEY RAISE THE BAR FOR THE SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE BETTER OUTPUTS THEY COULD GET A BONUS FOR THAT.

THE PRINCIPLES ARE FORWARD AROUND THE STATE.

>> THE SENATE ALSO TOOK UP HOUSE BILL 24 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE REED INGRAM.

IT WOULD PROHIBIT INDIVIDUALS FROM LOITERING ON STATE ROADWAYS OR RIGHT OF WAYS.

SENATOR WILL BARFOOT WHO CARRIED IT IN THE SENATE, NOTED THAT THE BILL WAS AIMED AT PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING BOTH THOSE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DRIVERS.

>> BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THOSE VEHICLES THAT PASS THROUGH THERE.

SO IT'S IT IS AGAIN AN ATTEMPT IN THAT REGARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP NOT ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO, ON THE STATE REQUIRES PRISONERS AND ROAD?S SAFE AND TRY TO PROTECT THEM BUT IT'S ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT THE MOTORING PUBLIC.

>> THAT BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW GOES TO THE GOVERNOR.

>> HERE IS A LOOKS AT OTHER NOTABLE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED THE BILL THIS WE.

SENATE GRAPHIC SENATE BILL 299 FROM SENATOR ARTHUR ORR WOULD PLACE SUNSET PROVISIONS, OR EXPIRATION DATES, ON CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THEM.

THAT BILL NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE.

SENATE BILL 298 FROM SENATOR ANDREW JONES ESTABLISHES THE SWEET TRAILS ALABAMA PROJECT FUND, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING A STATEWIDE MASTER PLAN FOR GREENWAY TRAILS.

IT GOES TO THE HOUSE.

HOUSE BILL 254 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CLOUSE, WHICH REQUIRES ANY NEW LOCAL MOTOR FUELS TAX TO BE SPEND ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.

THERE WAS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT ADDED TO THE BILL, SO IT WILL NOW GO BACK TO THE HOUSE.

MAYBE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL BILL OF THE WEEK, THE ESG BILL.

THAT STANDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE, A RECENT MOVEMENT IN WHICH REPUBLICANS CLAIM BIG CORPORATIONS OR MUTUAL FUNDS ARE PRESSURED INTO ADOPTING PROGRESSIVE POLICIES, SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES, THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY PROFITABLE.

SENATE BILL 261 FROM STATE SENATOR DAN ROBERTS AIMS TO PUSH BACK BY PROHIBITING THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTT OTHER COMPANIES DUE TO POLITICAL REASONS.

AFTER HOURS OF DEBATE THE BILL PASSED ON A PARTY LINE VOTE OF 287.

THE SENATE ALSO TOOK UP LEGISLATION ON THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY FOREIGN ENTITIES.

AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, HOUSE BILL 379 FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT STADTHAGEN WOULD HAVE BARRED CHINESE CITIZENS, ENTITIES AND THEIR GOVERNMENT FROM PURCHASING LAND IN ALABAMA.

AFTER CONCERNS WERE RAISED OVER ITS IMPLICATIONS, THE BILL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE BILL BUT EXPAND THE COUNTRIES OF CONCERN TO INCLUDE IRAN, RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA.

IT PASSED 267 AND GOES TO THE HOUSE.

THERE WAS ALSO ACTION IN COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.

THE HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE MET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CODIFY THE BIOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN INTO STATE LAW.

HOUSE BILL 405 IS SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN DUBOSE, WHO SAYS BILL, KNOWN AS THE WHAT IS A WOMAN ACT, IS MEANT TO PROTECT WOMEN.

THE BILL DREW CRITICISM FROM LGBT ACTIVISTS WHO HELD A RALLY AT THE STATE HOUSE THIS WEEK.

SEVERAL SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE BILL CALLING IT DISCRIMINATORY.

>> WHO WOULD HAVE THAT YOU HAVE TO IT WAS NECESSARY TO DEFINE TERMS SUCH AS MOTHER AND FATHER.

BUT WHEN A THE SUPREME COURT CANNOT DEFINE WHAT A WOMAN IS, IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.

THE PURPOSE OF MY BILL IS TO CODIFY DEFINITION?S FOR SEX-BASED TERMS INTO STATE LAW.

MALE, FEMALE, MALE, FEMALE, MARRY, FATHER, SEX, ARE ALL DEFINED ABOUT THE DILL BILL.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL SET UP A GENDER POLICE AND DETERMINE, WELL, YOU LOOK MALE, SO IT'S OKAY BUT IF YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT GENDER, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVE WHAT GENDER YOU ARE.

SO THAT CONCERNS ME.

IN LAW CHOOSING THE WRONG DEFINITION LEADS TO INJUSTICE.

THIS BILL IS NOT ABOUT BIOLOGY.

IT MASQUERADE?S AS BIOLOGY AND USES.

A DEFINITION ABOUT YOU NOT THE RIGHT ONE.

THIS ONE REGULATES SOCIALLY SPACE?S .

IT'S THE GOVERNMENT STICKING ITS NOSE INTO ALL OF OUR LIVES TO MAKE THEM MORE ANNOYING.

THIS IS CLASSIFYING YOUR BODY, YOUR WIFE'S BODY, YOUR HUSBAND'S BODY, AND YOUR CHILD'S BODY.

IF IT PASSES IT WILL BE TELLING MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, MY COWORKERS AND MY COMMUNITY, WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT YOU ACCEPT BELT AS WHO SHE IS, YOU WILL HAVE TO USES OUR DEFINITION AND OUR MANDATES.

>> NO VOTES ENTERTAIN ON THE BILL, BUT IT COULD COME UP NEXT WEEKS.

THE SENATE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TOOK UP AND PASSED LEGISLATION TO PUT A 98 CENT PER-MONTH FEE ON PHONE LINES TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CARE.

SENATE BILL 328 FROM SENATOR GARLAND GUDGER IS MEANT TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR THE STATE'S 988 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HOTLINE AND EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE STATEWIDE.

IT HAPPENS THAT MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

CAPITOL JOURNAL'S KAREN GOLDSMITH REPORTS ON WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH IS DOING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE IN ALABAMA.

>> ALABAMA'S KEPT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS RECENTLY HELD A STRIKE OUT STIGMA BASEBALL GAME TO LET ATTENDEE?S KNOW ASH THE AVAILABLE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IN THE BISCUITS TO SHINE A LOT LIGHT ON THESE THINGS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEONE IS GOING TRUE.

PEOPLE LOOK AT BASEBALL AS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIONS BUT I LOOK AS IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT.

>> A STATEWIDE CONTINUE JUDGMENT OF CARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUICIDAL CRISES AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS HAS BEEN STABILIZED USING THREE CHOICES.

YOU CAN TEXT 988 FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE CARE FOR THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE THEY KNEE.

>> SINCE JULY, 2022, 988 HAS SERVED AS THE NEW 911 FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN ALABAMA.

WHEN YOU CALL 900 YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN TALK TO YOU, COME TO YOU OR CARE FOR YOU IN ONE OF ALABAMA CRISES CENTER HE.

IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR 988 RECEIVED MORE THAN 30,000 CONTACTS.

>> ALSO THERE ARE MOBILE CRISES OUTREACH TEAMS.

THESE ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO COME DO PEOPLE WHERE THEY PROVIDE CARE.

THE 3RD CROUCH, THE CRISES CARE CENTERS.

THERE ARE FOUR AROUND THE STATE.

TWO MORE ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS YEAR.

>> THEORIES CRISES CENTERS IN THE STATE AND THEY OPERATE ON A NO WRONG DOOR POLICY.

ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND WE WILL TRIAGE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND SEE WHAT SERVICES THEY NEED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.

WE WILL PROVIDE THEMSELVES AND QUALITY SERVICES.

THEY CAN STAY UP TO A WEEKS BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE CRISES IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS AND WE CAN FOLLOW-UP AND PROVIDE THEM WITH A CONTINUE JUDGMENT OF SERVICES AFTERWARDS.

WE WILL TREE ACKNOWLEDGMENT ANYBODY FIVE AND UP.

WE CAN ONLY ADMIT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 18 AND OLDER.

>> SHE ADDS THOSE YOUNGER THAN 18 CAN BE REFERRED FOR ADMISSION TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IF THAT'S NEEDED.

FOR "CAPITOL JOURNAL," I'M KAREN GOLDSMITH.

>> JOINING ME NEXT IS BACK LIEUTENANT WILL AINSWORTH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

>> ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ON.

>> WE'RE MORE THAN HALFWAY -- WE'RE IN THE LAST 3RD OF THE SESSION.

YOU GET TO SIT UP THERE AND PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE.

WE HAVE A DID DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT.

SO I'M CURIOUS FROM YOUR ADVANTAGEOUS POINT AND PLEA SIDING OVER THE SENATE AND SEEING ALL OF THE BILLS COME THROUGH, HOW DO YOU SEE THE SESSION GOING SO FAR.

>> IT'S GOING SMOOTH.

I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED.

I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE MOST PRO BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THE STATE'S BUSINESS.

WHEN YOU LOOKS AT THE SENATE HAS PASSED AND THE PRIORITY ON TAKING YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET SURPLUS AND HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING THAT AND LOOKING AT TAX CUTS AND LOOKING AT SAVING MONEY -- THESE ARE ALL CONSERVATIVE THINGS AND MAKING LONGER TERMINATE DEVELOPERS TO PAY IN EDUCATION.

ID HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED IN WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME RISK.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE MINORITY LITER AND MAJORITY LEADER HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING TOGETHER IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA.

THAT'S SHARP CONTRAST TO D.C. AND IT SHOWS IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TALKS TO PEOPLE AND THE OTHER PARTY AND JUST TALK ABOUT AREAS WHERE YOU CAN FIND COMMON GROUND WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

ALABAMA'S ECONOMY IS ROARING.

WE HAVE RECORD GROWTH.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR IS DOING.

SO WE'RE EXCITING.

>> I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE 1ST COMING IN THE ROLE AND YOU DID A LOT OF TRANQ LIKE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE RULES AND PRESIDE AND PRACTICE AND ALL OF THIS.

NOW IT'S OLD HAT AND YOU'RE THE EXPERT.

JUST WATCHING YOU'RE SOMETIMES COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEMBERS LIKES LET'S WAITED AND FOLLOW THE RULES.

>> NO DOUBT.

CAME FROM THE HUSBAND FOR THE LISTENERS THAT DON'T KNOW.

SO I KNEW A LOT OF THE RULES.

BUT SENATE RULES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE HOUSE IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEY DO?

S THERE.

MY BIGGEST FEAR AS LT.

GOVERNOR WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING THE RULES AND PROCEDURES SO I STUDIED HARD TO MAKES SURE THAT I HAVE KNOWN NOW AFTER DOING THIS FIVE YEARS MY 5TH SESSION I CERTAINLY HAVE I DOWN AND UNDERSTAND THAT WELL.

WE'RE ABLE TO FLY THROUGH STUFF AND GET IT DONE AND I THINK THE PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S MY JOSH AS LT.

GOVERNOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING ROUTE FOR A THE RULES AND TO HAVE SECRETARY HAIR RELATIVES BY MY SIDE, AND HE HAS A TON OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE DOING AT THAT TIME DIRECT AND REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO TO MAKE THINGS CORRECT.

MY CHIEF OF STAFF DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB TO MY RIGHT THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BILLS GET ASSIGNED TO THE RIGHT COMMITTEE?S AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS FLOWED CORRECTLY.

AND MY HAT IS OFF TO THE PRO TEM.

AND HATS TO THE COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE.

SPEAKER LEDBETTER HAS COME IN AND LED WELL.

DONE A GOOD JOB.

CHAIRMAN GARRETT AND REYNOLDS HAVE DONE GREAT JOB COMING INTO NEW ROLES TO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE HOUSE AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE.

>> SOME OF THE COLLEAGUES THAT YOU CAME IN WITH.

>> WE CAME IN THE SAME CLASS, THE SPEAKER AND MYSELF.

>> I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.

A LOT OF BEHIND-THE-SCENE?S STAFF DO A LOT OF GREAT WORKS AND DON'T GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ISSUES.

SPACE COMMAND.

THIS WAS THE BIG NEWS ON MONDAY, NBC NEWS HAS HAD A 74.

WE HAD RUMORS ABOUT IT BELATED AND SID THIS COULD BE COMING, THAT THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE MAY REVERSE THE PENTAGON'S DECISION TO BASE SPACE COMMAND IN HUNTSVILLE.

IT WAS UNDER REVIEW.

BUT THEY MAY DO IT BASED ON ALABAMA'S ABORTION LAW AND SORT OF RELATEDLY SENATOR TUBERVILLE'S HOLD ON MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

YOU HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN MILITARY STUFF INCLUDING -- AND BULLISH ON SPACE COMMAND.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION.

>> I WAS MAD AT THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TAKING THIS FROM ALABAMA.

I DON'T THINK IT'S IS IT FAIR.

THAT I RECOGNIZE ADOING THE SAME THING THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO AND LET POLITICS BEING INVOLVED.

WE GOT SPACE COMMAND ON MERIT.

WE FINISHED 1ST ON SEVERAL INDEPENDENT REPORTS.

BUT LET'S GO FURTHER THAN THAT.

SENATOR BEFORE IT DID A GREAT SNOB TALKING ABOUT WHY WE NEEDED IT HERE.

I SAW A HAVE TO AND SHE POINTED OUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

HUNTSVILLE HALVES CONSISTENT LID BEEN A NUMBER 1 OR 2 CITY IN THE COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE TO.

WE HAVE MORE PH.D.S AND ENGINEERS IN THE CAPITOL THERE.

WE ARE THE ROCKET CITY.

THE REASON WE GOT THAT WAS THING?S WE HAVE DONE TO MAKES US ONE OF THE MOST MILITARY AND VETERAN STATES IN THE COUNTRY TO THE COST OF LIVING IN ALABAMA TO THAT FACILITY MAKE.S STRATEGIC SENSE.

>> THE ARSENAL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, THE ARSENAL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE WERE THE RIGHT SEDATION.

TO CHANGE THAT FOR POLITICS IN MY OPINION, CERTAINLY ENCAGES OUR SECURITIES AND IT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO.

LET'S GET DOWN TO REALITY.

PRESIDENT KNOWS HE IS NOT GOING TO WIN ALABAMA.

COLORADO IS A STATE AND HE IS PLAYINGS POLITICS AND IT'S WRONG.

>> THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS JUST TRYING TO SEE IT AS FACE VALUE.

OKAY.

ABORTION.

FROM A PROGRESSIVE STANDPOINT, THEY WOULD SAY, WELL, NO, THAT IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE.

BECAUSE ALABAMA'S LAW IS NO EXCEPTIONS YOU KNOW, NO ABORTION IS ALMOST ALWAYS, AND THEN YOU PUT ON TOP OF THAT SENATOR TUBBERVILEE SAYING THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT DOD ALLOWING YOU TO TRAVEL TO OTHER STATES, AT LEAST NOT PAID FOR BY THE PENTAGON.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT IN THAT SERVICE MEMBERS THAT COULD COME TO HUNTSVILLE WOULD SUFFER INEQUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ABORTION OPTION WHEREAS THEY MIGHT IN A STATED LIKE COLORADO.

>> I DON'T THINK SO AT ALL.

IT'S A PRACTICE LIGHT OR NOT STATED, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY LET'S GET BACK TO THE CRITERIA.

IF THAT WAS SUCH APPEAR IMPORTANT THINGS WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE THE CRITERIA IN THE INITIATE ASSESSMENT?

THEY DIDN'T.

AT THE END OF THE DATE DAY, WE GOT IT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK ATE IT, COST TO BUILD, COST OF LIVING.

THE ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

YOU LOOK AT THING?S SUCH AS LICENSE RECIPROCITY FOR SPOUSE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS MILITARY BAILS?S DEPEND ON.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A TALENT POOL THAT CAN WORK THERE.

THESE ARE REASONS THAT WE GOT THE THERE AND WE HAVE SO MANY SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES HERE IT WOULD SHOW FOOLISH TO PAY THAT MR. ALABAMA.

>> AND YOUR CONVERSATION?S WITH SENATOR BEFORE IT AND TUBERVILLE AND THE OTHER DELL VEGAS.S I AND KNOW YOU TALK.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT?

>> FOR SURE.

WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT, ALL OF US TOGETHER.

THE WHOLE STATE IS UNITED.

IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS BUT DEMOCRATS TOO.

SENATOR DANIELS AND SEWELL HAS DRAYTON NABERS A GREAT JOB.

IT'S REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED IN ALABAMA IN THAT WE ARE THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ROCKET CITY.

AND IT IS THE RIGHTFUL PLACE AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET POLITICS GET THAT WAY OF THAT.

>> SWITCHING GEARS I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE CHAMPIONED THIS SESSION, UNEXPECTEDLY, TO CUT OR RESOURCE THE SALES TAX ON GROCERIES.

THIS KIND OF CAME OUT OF NO WHERE.

IT'S BEEN PROPOSED AND BEEN AN IDEA FOR LIKE 20 YEARS.

BUT IN THE SESSION GOT INTO ITS 1ST COUPLE OF WEEKS NOBODY WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.

SUDDENLY, YOU, SENATOR JONES AND OTHERS USED AND ZERO OTHER REPRESENTS TALKING ABOUT YOU WERE GOING TO CUT THE TAX.

YOU HAD A BILL WITH 35 SENATORS IN THE SENATE.

BUT THERE'S NEWS IN THE HOUSE.

TELL ME THE LATEST WITH THE GROCERY TAX AND WHY YOU'RE SO BULLISH.

>> FIRST A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY.

WHEN I WAS -- REPRESENTATIVE FRIDAY WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND CARRIED THE BILL.

THERE WAS A COMMISSION.

I HELPED SUPPORT THAT AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A SUPPORT.

THE PROBLEM WAS BACK WHEN WE WERE IN THE HOUSE 2014 TO 18, AND WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

RIGHT NOW WE CAN.

IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF IT.

>> IT'S A REVENUE THING.

>> SO IT'S JUST -- WHEN I CAME IN IN 2015 WE HAD AN $800 MILLION DEFICIT.

>> PEOPLE FORGET.

>> IS IT WE COULDN'T CUT SOMETHING IF WE HAVE A DEFICIT.

WE COULD CUT GHOST AND WE DID THAT.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO NOT BACKLOG THE ATOMICS?S .

YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE THERE BEEN FURNISHINGS FOR THIS.

I HAVE NOTED TO DOINGS SO TO HELP EVERY ALABAMIAN.

EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE FOOD.

EVERYBODY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FOOD.

I THINK IT'S A REGRESS I HAVE TAX AND TIME TO GET RID OF IT.

AND INFLATION IS KILTING PEOPLE.

I HEAR THEIR CHECK IS NOT GOING AS FAR BECAUSE THE COST OF WOODS HAS GONE UP.

SO IN THE HOUSE WE HAD 100 CO-SPONSORS OUT OF 105.

ALMOST EVERY HOUSE MEMBER SIGNED IT.

MY UNDERSTANDING NEXT WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP IN COMMITTEE AND SEND IT TO THE SENATE, AND I FULLY EXPECT THE SENATE TO TAKE IT UP AND PASS THAT BEFORE SESSION IS OVER.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ALABAMA AND IT'S A TAX BREAK FOR EVERY ALABAMIAN WHEN THEY GO TO BUY GROCERIES AND THAT IS A WIN.

>> AND THIS IS A REVENUE TAXES THING AND, BY THE CONSTITUTION, IT HAS TO START IN THE HOUSE.

>> THAT'S WHY, EVEN THOUGH THE SENATE HAD CO-SPONSORS YOU HAD TO GO TO THE HOUSE OPTION AND START THERE.

BUT THERE ARE ONLY NINE DAYS LEFT INCLUDING TODAY.

ARE YOU CONFIDENT THERE'S ENOUGH ADVERTISEMENT LEFT TO MAKE IT THROUGH.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP WANTED TO TRAVEL WITH THE BUDGET WHICH WOULD BE IN COMMITTEE NEXT WEEKS ON THE FLOOR, THURSDAY, AND CERTAINLY I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO AND THANKFULLY IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THEM.

THEY SEND IT TO THE SENATE AND I THINK THE SENATE WILL TAKE IT UP AND GET IT ON.

>> I AND GET IT ON THE FLOOR AND GET IT PASSED AND THEN TO THE GOVERNOR AND GET IT SIGNED.

>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE THIS ISSUE OF TAX CUTS HAS EVOLVED.

BACKD IN, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY OR MARCH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TAX REBATES, ONE TIME CHECKS TO EVERYBODY -- AT THAT TIME IT WAS 400 TO $800 AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

BUT THE ISSUE HAS JUST EVOLVED TO WHERE MORE -- I MEAN WHAT I HEAR IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IS THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN A PERMANENT TAX CUT ON GROCERIES RATHER THAN A ONE TIME CHECK.

IT'S NICE TO GET A CHECKS.

BUT PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTING INTERESTED IN THE LONGS TERMINATE SAVING?S LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH INFLATION.

IS THAT WHY YOU'RE IN SUPPORTIVE OF THE GROCERY TAX?

>> MY POLICY DECISION IS THAT A POLICY TAX IS BETTER THAN A REBATE.

MOST PEOPLE BO AGREE WITH THAT.

INSTEAD OF A ONE TIME CHECK WE PONT TO HAVE A TAX CUT THAT WILL BE THERE PERMANENTLY AND NOVEMBER AND TO THAT WILL HELP MEME AS THING?S GO UP.

I'M NOT AGAINST A REBATE.

I DON'T THINK SO INITIAL IS MOOD TO GETTING A CHECK.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH AND A REBATE AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HOUSE IS GOING TO DO ON THAT AND A TAX CUT ASK AND I THINK DOING THAT AND MONEY AND INVESTING IS I THINK A WISE STRATEGY AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE GILL OF GIVING PEOPLE RELIEF.

THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE AND SO THAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> WELL, WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE SHOW.

WILL AINSWORTH.

THANK YOU.

>> ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ON, THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> JOINING ME NEXT IS ANTHONY DANIELS OF HUNTSVILLE.

MAJORITY LEADER FOR THE ALABAMA.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

>> MR. LEADER, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODD.

>> HERE WE ARE.

>> I GUESS SEVEN MOTHER DAYS TO GO.

THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS GETTING TO THE FINAL STRETCH.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF YOUR PREMIER BILLS.

THIS IS THE OVERTIME INCOME TAX CREDIT OR CUT.

CUTTING TAX?S ON ANY OVER TIME WORK DONE.

IT'S A NOVEL IDEA.

82 YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE.

IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SENATE.

AND I WONDER WHERE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS CONSIDERING THERE ARE BUDGETARY FACTOR?S AS WORK.

>> I WILL TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF MONTH SUPPORT IN THE SENATE.

I HAVEN'T MET A SENATOR OR HOUSES MEMBER THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE BILL.

I SEE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY GETTING MORE ENGAGED FROM THE CORNERS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA TELLING ME AND OTHER?S HOW MUCH THIS WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE FROM THEM FOR RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PAY RAISE FOR EMPLOYEES WITHOUT THE EMPLOYER HAVING ZERO GIVE IT.

SO THIS A CERTAINLY A GREAT PIECE OF COMPLETION.

THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

I THINK RIGHT NOT GOING TO WHERE WE ARE, THE PRIORITIZATION OF TAX OPERATION.

SO SEALINGS THE IMPACT FROM THE EDUCATION TRUST FUND AND THIS IMPACT WOULD BE FROM THE INCOME TAX PORTION OF IT BUT ON THE SALES TAX PORTION OF IT YOU WILL SEE GROWTH THERE.

THIS IS THE ONLY REAL TAX BREAK FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT WILL INCENTIVIZE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND PUT MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL CREATE ALONE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL AND COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES TO RECEIVE MORE TAX REVENUE BASED FROM THE SPENDING OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, HOURLY WORKERS SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

IT'S THE ONLY BREAKS THAT ACTUALLY YIELDS POSITIVE RETURN FROM LOCAL AND COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> WELL, KIND OF ON A CREATED NOTE.

WHY YOU HAVE THE TAX CREDIT.

TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE AND TALKING ABOUT THE LABOR SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE GOT RIGHT NOW.

AND JUST THE ISSUE OF CHILDCARE IN GENERAL.

I WAS TALKING TO YOUR CO-SPONSOR?S ON THIS ABOUT THE NEED FOR CHILDCARE.

AND COVID KIND OF EXPOSED THAT MORE THAN A LOT OF US UNDERSTOOD.

TALK ME THROUGH WHAT THIS CHILDCARE TAXES CREDIT DO YOU SEE OF DOES.

AND ITS PROPERTIES TO GET PASSED.

>> THE SENATOR IS A GREAT CHAMPION AND PUSHING THING?S THAT HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY SEEING THE RETURNS AND CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALABAMA SO I APPLAUD HIM OR NOT CARRYING THIS WAS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE.

SO WHAT THIS LEGISLATION WILL DO IS GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FOLKS NO LONGER IN THE WORKFORCE BARK INTO THE WORKFORCE.

FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED UPON, OKAY, IF I WORK THESE AMOUNT OF HOURS WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST ME TO PUT MY CHILD IN CHILDCARE, OR ARE THERE ANY QUALITY OPTION?S OF CHILDCARE IN MY AREA.

SO THE OPTION TO THOSE QUESTIONS IS THERE'S ARRHYTHMIAD ACCESS TO CHILDCARE.

AND GIVEN AN EMPLOYER AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BUILD OR CREATED SPACE FOR THEIR OWN CHILD CARED FACILITY JUST LIKE OUR FRIENDS AT ALPHA.

ALPHA DOES WONDERS, HIGH QUALITY AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE STREET AT THE HOSPITAL.

SO THIS WOULD GIVE EMPLOYERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TAX CREDIT FOR HAVING A CHILDCARE FACILITY ON-SITE.

IT WOULD ALSO GIVE THAT COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AFTERNOON OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE CHILDCARE SPACE NOR A LOCAL PROVIDER.

SO IT'S AN INCENTIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO WORK.

IT'S AN INCENTIVE AND A BREAK, RELIEF FOR WORKING FAMILIES IN GENERAL.

IF IT'S A FIVE STAR FACILITY, THEN THAT TAX BREAK IS ABOUT $2,000.

BUT ANYTHING BELOW THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ONE, THERE'S ABOUT TAKING OFF $250,000.

SO IT'S APPEAR A BENEFIT FOR ALL CHILDCARE AND EMPLOYEES AND IT HELPS THE BORG MEN AND WOMEN IN STATE OF ALABAMA OF THE AND I THINK IT'S A WINNER FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF STATE OF ALABAMA.

IT TALKS ABOUT CRADLE TO PRE-K AND PUT?S THEM IN QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROVIDES A PIPELINE AND GIVES THE EMPLOYER AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK IN THE WORKFORCE, EMPLOYEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK IN THE WORKFORCE.

>> DOES THE EMPLOYEE ALSO GET AN INSURANCE COMPANY TAX CREDIT.

>> SOME COMPANIES COULD USE IT.

SHE COULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE AND PAY DIRECTLY TO THE PROVIDER OR THEY COULDN'T REIMBURSE IF YOU WENT BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE AND THE FIT THE CATEGORY WHAT HAD HAPPEN IS THEY CAN REIMBURSE YOU FOR WHAT YOU PAY OR PAY DIRECTLY TO THE PROVIDER.

>> WELL,, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE TO WATCH AS THE SESSION WRAPS UP.

I'M JUST REMINDED OF THE WHEN I WORKED IN WASHINGTON, THE WAITING LIST FOR CHILDCARE, FOR DAY CARE, WAS YEARS LONGER.

AND PEOPLE WOULD SIGN UP WHEN THEY GOT PREGNANT.

IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR FOCUS THAT ARE TRYING TO WORK.

>> AND OF THE COMPANIES WILL -- EVEN ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

IF I BUILT A FACILITY ON MY OFTEN SITE, THERE ARE CREDITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF IT TOO.

IT'S CAPPED AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD ON-SITE.

>> OKAY.

SWITCHING GEARS, I WANTED TO TALK IN THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCESS.

BECAUSE IN THE HOUSE, Y'ALL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT RULES IN THE SENATE.

WHEN EVERYTHING IS KIND OF NORMAL THEY CLICK ALONG.

Y'ALL HAVE EMPLOYED -- YOU HAVE USED THE RULES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE, THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HAS USED THINGS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO SLOW THING?S DOWN, DEBATING A BILL OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE SHOWN IT DOWN TO REQUIRE WHOEVER IS RESPONDING THE BILL TO EXPLAIN A LOT.

WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.

DO YOU MEET BEFOREHAND AND STRATEGIZE ABOUT WHO SO GOING TO SPEAK ON WHAT BILL AND THE TACTICS BEHIND THAT?

>> WE TRY TO USING OUR SUBJECTS MATTER EXPERT?S TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON CERTAIN ISSUES.

MANY OF US ARE NOT ATTORNEYS WITHIN THE CAUCUS BUT BILLS THAT DEAL WITH CRIMINAL LAW OR LAW IN GENERAL AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CLEAR TO THE AVERAGE PERSON, THOSE INDIVIDUALS GO DOWN AND KIND OF LEAD THE DECENT.

BEFORE ALL OF THAT, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERY SPONSOR, DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.

SO WHAT WE DO, WE DO A BILL ANALYSIS.

OUR STAFF AND OUR LAW FELLOWS DO A BILL ANALYSIS TO SEE THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH LEGISLATION INTRODUCED, GOING TO COMMITTEE OR WHETHER IT'S HEADED TO THE FLOOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND WE'RE LURING THE HEY FOR THE COWS TO EAT SO THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT DOES AND THE CHALLENGES.

SO WE FOCUS ON ARE THERE WAYS TO IMPROVE THE BUILT OR ARE THERE WAY PTOSIS WATER IT DOWN WRIT HAS LITTLE TO DO KNOW IMPACT.

SO WE USE THOSE STRATEGIZE BEFORE GOING TO THE FLOOR.

BUT YOU HAVE MEMBERS WITHIN THE LAW, THOSE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY TRY TO NEGOTIATE 1ST.

WE TRY TO GOVERNMENT 1ST.

SOMETIMES THE BILL'S SPONSOR REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO COMPROMISE ON IT -- THAT'S VERY RARE -- BUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE USE THE RULES TO OUR ADVANTAGEOUS.

WE WILL TAKE TIME ON THE FRONT END TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT ON THE CALENDAR, ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WHICH WILL GIVE MYSELF AN OPPORTUNITY DOGS BACK AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE BILL'S SPONSOR OR MY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, LET'S MAKE THE PROCESS A LOT EASIER.

LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REACH COMMON GROUND.

IT'S A NEGOTIATING PROCESS.

WHEN THE PROCESS IS SLOWED DOWN THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING OR THAT WE'RE SO FAR APART TO WHERE WE'RE UNABLE TO COME TO ANY AGREEMENT.

>> LOOK, THIS COULD BE A LONG DAY OR SHORT DAY, IF YOU WANT TIE OUR AMENDMENT.

THEY DO THAT IN THE SENATE AT WELL.

>> WHILE I HAVE YOU I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SPACE COMMAND.

YOU'RE IN HUNTSVILLE AND NO DOUBT SAW THIS NEWS -- THERE ARE UNNAMED SOURCES BUT THERE'S SPECULATION THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO TELL THE PENTAGON TO REVERSE ITS DECISION TO NOT LOCATE SPACE COMMAND HAIRS IN HUNTSVILLE.

THAT WOULD BE A DEVASTATING LOSS FOR HUNTSVILLE.

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING EVERYBODY BELIEVES ITS COMING.

IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT THAT IT WAS THE ABORTION ISSUE, NOT ONLY ALABAMA'S STRICT ABORTION HAND YOU AND SENATOR TUBERVILLE'S TACTICS THAT HE IS USING TO PICKETT THE ABORTION POLICY.

SO IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THEIR AREA, HOW IS THE COMMUNITY REACTING?

>> WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION?S FROM OUR U.S.

SENATOR AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE H AREA AND THOSE OUT SUPPORTING HUNTSVILLE.

SO FOR ME, I JUST ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO LEGAL HE WILL REALLY LOOK AT THE MERIT?S OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

ALABAMA, ESPECIALLY NORTH ALABAMA, WE ARE VERY UNIQUELY POSITIONED.

WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND EVEN THE K12, WE HAVE THE CYBERSECURITY SCHOOLS THAT ARE PROVIDING A PIPELINE FOR THE WORKFORCE LETTER.

WE HAVE OUR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION AND TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS.

WE RESEARCH PARKS.

WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTINGS DODD AND NASA CURRENTLY.

WE'RE THE PERFECT PLACE TO HAVE THIS.

NOW I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THE LAWS PASSED IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I WAS YOU HAVE MYSELF AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT ALABAMA IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TRIED TO GET CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ITS CITIZENS.

SO I JUST HOPE WE CAN GET PAST THE POLITICAL THEATER HAPPENING NOW WITH THE U.S.

SENATOR IF THE WHITE HOUSES BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE ARE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE POLITICS WITHOUT HURTING THE MEME OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

>> THIS IS A HUGE HYPOTHETICAL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFICULT FOR REPUBLICANS TO STALE BACK ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO ABORTION.

BUT WE ARGUE THE RESTRICTED LAW.

THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.

COULD YOU SEE A SCENARIO IF SPACES COMMAND IS REALLY PULLED AND IT'S ABOUT ABORTION, DO YOU SEE A SCENARIO WHERE THIS IS LEGISLATURE WOULD ENTERTAIN SCALING BACK THE LAW TO WHERE IT USED TO BE, HEARTBEAT LAW, 20 WEEK, 15 WEEK -- MORE LIKE THE STATES SURROUNDINGS OR IS THAT JUST A NONSTARTER.

>> IT WOULD I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULTY AHEAD OF THE 2024?

S. IN THE POLITICS AND WHAT YOU THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG, A LOT OF THINGS ARE POLITICAL.

SO THEREFORE INFRINGES I THINK WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OPEN TO THE RAIN AND INCEST INCEPTION AND ALSO WITH THE PROVIDING DOCTORS DEALING WITH MILLS CARRIAGES OR IN CASES OF THE MOTHER'S LIFE.

SO WE HAVE ALWAYS PUSHED LEGISLATION OR INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO PROTECT THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS THAT I JUST NAMED.

SO EVEN DEALING WITH THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT FROM RAIN AND INSIST PRORATION AND PROVIDING MORE, OPPORTUNITIES, AND TRACKING OB/GYN.S SO THERE'S A DOMINO EFFECT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I DO SEE IMPACT AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS LOOKING AT THE STATE OF ALABAMA MAKING AN ASSEMBLY DECISION.

I HOPE THIS DECISION IS NOT JUST BASED UPON THAT WHICH I THINK IT'S NOT.

YOU SEE THE POLITICAL THEORY HAPPENING BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S GETTING WORSE SO I WOULD SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED MORE ADULTS IN THE ROOM.

MORE ADULTS MAKING CERTAIN THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON PEOPLE AND PUT POLITICS ASIDE.

>> IT'S AN INTERESTING ISSUE POST DOBBS.

WITHDRAWALS I REMEMBER BACK IN 2019 WHEN THE LAW WAS PASSED THE SPONSORS WERE SAYING THIS IS JUST A VEHICLE TO THE SUPREME COURT, WE WANT WHAT WE USED TO HAVE HEART BEAT OR 15 WEEK OR WHATEVER.

NOW IT'S LAW AND IT'S ALMOST UNINTENTIONAL BUT THERE'S NO GOING BACK BECAUSE IT'S JUST POLITICALLY NOT FEASIBILITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO RUN FOR REELECTIONS AFTER THEY SCALED BACK ON ABORTION LAW SO I FOUND IT FASCINATING AS AN ISSUE BUT IT HAS CONSEQUENCE?S .

WE'RE OUT OF ADVERTISEMENT BEFORE BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING ON "CAPITOL JOURNAL."

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE LAWMAKERS RIGHT BACK.

B >> JOININGS ME NEXT IS IT AMANDA SEMMES OF THE ALABAMA.

SECURITIES COMMISSION.

THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE THE COMMISSION OF JOE BORG RETIRED AFTER -- >> AFTER ALMOST POSITIVE YEARS.

>> HE HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW.

BUT HEARD ABOUT YOUR APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR AND I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR HOLE.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND WHAT LED YOU TO THIS ROLE?

>> JOE BORG RECENTLY REQUIRED AND ALABAMA.

WAS UP IN ARMS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAS TO THE HAPPEN.

BUT I STARTED 15 YEARS AGO AS AN INTERN AND THEN A BABY LAWYER.

IN 2014 ABOUT THE SAME TIME GENERAL COUNSEL.

EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE BROKER DEALER CASES THAT FOLLOWED THE 2018 FINANCIAL CRISES AND HIRED AS A PROSECUTOR SO I WAS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION AND ACCEPTED THE LEGISLATION RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.

JOE HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED IN THE SECURITY EVERS REGULARLY REGULATORY WORLD.

HE SAID SOMEBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE SECURITIES REGULATED OF REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPOSE HE MONTH THE AREAS OF SECURITY AND IN THE LAST YEARS AND MY BACKGROUND IS AS APPLIER.

I SPEND A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE SINCE 2014.

>> WOULD YOU REMIND US WHAT ALL THE SECURITY COMMISSION DOES.

>> WE OFTEN HEAR COMMENTS FROM BUCKS THAT WE REGULATE SECURITY GUARDS.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IF THERE'S A STOCK, BOND, DIE VENTURE, ANY INVESTMENT INVOLVED, THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.

WE HAVE ELEMENT 70 EMPLOYEES HERE IN MOMENT IN THE DEXTER BUILDING.

WE HAVE FOUR DIVISIONS: AN INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION THAT INVESTIGATE?S COMPLAINTS FROM THE ALABAMA CITIZENS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MAKE REFERRALS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE LEGISLATOR?S THAT HERE CONSTITUENT.S COMPLAINTS THAT ARE CONTACTS US.

LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS IN IN THE GOVERNOR'S LT.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ATTORNEY, THEY'RE ALL SINNING INFORMATION ABOUT ALABAMA.

'S DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY: SO WE HAVE A UNIT THAT HANDLES THAT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE, ONCE THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM REVIEWS THE NILE, A LEGAL TUITION IN HOUSE SO WE CAN PROSECUTE OUR OWN CASES, CERVICAL AND CRIMINAL AND WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO DO SHUT DOWN CONDUCT THAT WOULD BE TO THE -- YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IMMEDIATELY AND WE CAN TAKE SWIFT ACTION TO DO.

ON THE OTHER SIDE THE HOUSE, WE ALSO REGISTER OR LICENSE THE FINANCIAL?

S THAT ARE HANDLING OUR ALABAMA.

S DOLLARS AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.

>> LIKE A BROKER?

>> WE BROKER/DEALERS AND INVESTMENT PROVIDERS AS THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY.

IS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT THIS SEND IN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH STATE AND CERTAIN LAWS OF MINIMAL CATCH REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANDLING OUR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS DON'T HAVE A HISTORY OF EMBEZZLEMENT OR COMMITTED OTHER FELONIES.

SO WE TRY TO GET THAT AND THEY HAVE BEEN WE GO IN AND AUDIT THESE FIRMS GENERALLY EVERY THREE YEARS.

NAMES WE'RE A RESOURCE TO OUR FINANCIAL COMMUNITY.

ALABAMA HAS A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE GOOD FOCUS HERE.

OFTENTIMES WE ARE IN A POSITION TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NUT FRAUDS OR TRENDS OR SCHEMES OR CYBERSECURITY ABOUT THE SAME TIME A THING, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABILITY GOOD CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES SO WHILE IN THE FIRMS PRACTICING, WE'RE A RESOURCE TO OUR FINANCIAL COMMUNITY ON THE INDUSTRY SIDE.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE AN INVESTOR EDUCATION DIVISION.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE ROAD HOLDING FINANCIAL EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, PROMOTING FINANCIAL LITERACY.

WE EDUCATE OUR ALABAMIANS ON THE TYPES OF FLAWS WE'RE SEEING.

LAST YEAR WE DID OVER A HUNDRED EVENTS: ANY COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE US TO COME IN, WE COME IN AND TALK TO FOCUS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE SEE HERE IN MONTGOMERY.

>> BEFORE WE STARTED RECORDING, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE SCAMS THAT YOU SEE.

THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SOMEBODY IS PERPETUATING A FRAUD AND TAKING ADVANTAGEOUS OF SO HE WENT AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN.

THERE ARE ANY EXAMPLES THAT YOU CAN GIVE OR EXAMPLE CASES?

>> THE LIST IS LONGS.

SORT OF TWO CATEGORIES.

WE FROM THE FRAUD CENTERS IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND THOSE ARE THE PONZI SCHEMES, AND WE ALSO SEE THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND AT ALL THAT HAVE CONCOCTED AN INVESTMENT TYPE PROGRAM THROUGH A PRODUCT ORB SOME TYPE OF IF YOU FIND THEY THINK IS GOING TO HIT BIG.

FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW YEARS AGO IN LEE COUNTY THERE WAS A GUY, KYLE SANDLER, AND PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT THIS CASE, THAT WANTED TO HELP PROMOTED ENTREPRENEURS AND GET THEM UP AND RUNNING.

SO IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND A PEOPLE WERE EXCITED BECAUSE WE LOVE TO PROMOTE SMALL BUSINESSES.

BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T TELL THE FOLKS IS THAT HE WAS ACCEPTING MONEY FROM AND TAKING THEIR DOLLARS USING IT FOR PERSONAL USE.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SOPHISTICATED SCHEME, BUT WE SEE THE SCHEMES THAT INVOLVE BELOW ON THE STREET THAT CAME UP WITH A HAIR BRAINS IDEA TO STEEL $10,000 FROM POOR MS. JONES, ONE OF OUR SENIORS IN ALABAMA AND BY PROMISING HER BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING CLOSE TO -- YOU KNOW SHE IS IN HER GOLDEN YEARS AND WILL LOSE SOMETHING IF SHE DOESN'T INVEST THE $10,000 SO HE FABRICATES AN INVESTMENT TO PROVIDE HER SOME LEARN ON HER MONEY AND JUST STEALS THE MONEY.

WE SEE A LOT OF THEFT-TYPE THING?S WITH THE INVESTMENT STORY.

A LOT OF ROMANCE SCAMS.

I GET REPORTS ON MY DESKS.

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST TO FLAWED ONLINE AND THROUGH CELL PHONES AND OTHER TYPE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND THAT'S HEART BREAKING.

>> YOU SAY ROMANCE SCAMS.

THIS IS LIKE ONLINE LOVE KIND OF THINGS?

AND YOU NEED TO 10 ME $10,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

IT SOUNDS SO SAD.

>> IT IS SAD.

BUT YOU KNOW DURING COVID PEOPLE WERE AT HOME AND LONELY.

AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF IN.

WE FOUND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE THAT HAVE BECOME VICTIMS OF A ROW MARINES SCAM.

AND I HAVE TALKED WITH THEM AFTER AND SAID WHAT HAPPENED?

AND YOU KNOW THESE ARE THEFT?S .

WE TALK ABOUT THESE ALL THE TIMES.

IT'S JUST LONELINESS.

YOU DEVELOP FRIENDSHIP?S ONLINE.

ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.

WE WANT TO DEVELOP TRUST AND BE HOSPITABLE AND PATRIOTS EXPECTERS ARE STILL STEALING MUSCLE?S THROUGH ONLINE SCAM.S .

>> AND IT'S NOT JUST ROMANCE BUT OTHER THINGS.

THAT WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES?

ARE THERE WARNING SIGN?S OR RED FLAGS PEOPLE NEED TO TOE ABOUT?

>> IN THE WORLD WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.

ASK WE HAVE A WEBSITE.

CALL US.

WE PROVIDE YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LICENSED FINANCIAL COMMUNITY.

ENOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT AN INVESTMENT YOU CAN VET THEM THROUGH US.

THEN LICENSED THROUGH US SO WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO IS BEHIND THEM AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK.

I DON'T KNOW IT'S TRICKIER BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING PURCHASES I DO NOT AND, YOU KNOW, FRAUD CENTERS ARE OFTEN OVERSEAS COMING IN BUT I JUST TELL PEOPLE DON'T GIVE ANYBODY MONEY ONLINE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.

IF YOU'RE PAYING YOUR BILLS ONLINE, BE CAREFUL THAT YOU'RE SENDING MONEY TO THE RIGHT WEBSITE.

THERE ARE FRAUDS THAT ARE CREATING WEBSITES TO THE UTILITY COP COMPANIES.

SO THE SAFEST WAY IS SIT IN YOUR HOME.

DON'T GO OUTDOORS.

>> I ACTUALLY HAD ONE THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS A SCAM THAT, IT LOOKED LIKE THE POSTAL SERVICE.

SO IT WANTED ME TO GIVE A CREDIT CARD.

WHY WOULD THE POSTAL SERVICE WANT THAT?

BUT IT LOOKED LEGIT.

SO I'M GLAD I DIDN'T.

BUT I THOUGHT IN MY HEAD, ALMOST ANYBODY COULD HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE TRUST THE MOSTLY SERVICE.

>> AND WE DO!

THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE RESPONDED.

I HAVE COMPLAINTS WHERE THEY RECEIVED A LEGITIMATE FEDEX ENVELOPE WITH A CHECK AND INSTRUCTIONS AND TOLD THE PERSON TO DO X, Y, Z.

BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL THE FRAUD FROM WHAT IS TRUTHFUL NOW.

>> WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR ROLE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS WORKING ON THAT YOU'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS SESSION?

>> NOT EXACTLY BUS THERE ARE BILLS THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH INDUSTRY, PARTNERED WITH INDUSTRY IN THE PAST TO HELP PROMOTE.

OUR OFFICE -- BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE BEEN HERE SO LONGS HAVE DEVELOPED A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL NEGLIGENT.

SO IF MEMBERS OF OUR FINANCIAL SECURITY AND DO HAVE BILLS 2349 LEGISLATURE OR OUR LEGISLATOR?S ROUTINELY CONTACT US FOR ADVICE, GUIDANCE ON DEVELOPMENT TYPE BILLS AND PROGRAMS, SO WE ARE ALWAYS MONITORING THE LEGISLATION THAT IS IT THERE TO BE ISSUE ANYTHING BROUGHT IN FROM OUT OF THE STATE THAT MAY BE DEBT MEDICINAL TO THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY OR ALABAMA.S INVESTIGATING THAT AND CERTAINLY ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRIMINAL ENHANCEMENT.S ARE THERE FOR FRAUD CENTERS AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT RIP OFF OUR ALABAMA SENIORS.

>> VERY IMPORTANT WORK.

IT OFTEN GOES UNNOTICED BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK.

>> AND WE ARE A RESOURCE.

CONTACT US ANY ADVERTISEMENT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU, TODD.

>> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

WE WILL BE BACK MONDAY AT 10:30 WITH MORE COVERAGE OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE HERE ON ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION.

FOR OUR "CAPITOL JOURNAL" TEAM, I'M TODD STACEY.