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Subject: Legislative
action
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008
HOUSE:
Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee met to discuss and vote on
10 immigration bills. Overall it was a very positive meeting even
though many bills got a favorable report. There was a lot of
discussion on the constitutionality of some of the bills and
possible discriminatory effects of other bills. It was evident that
some Representatives were unwilling to rush into creating potential
troublesome law.
HB 727 Favorable report
HB 664 Favorable report (6-5 vote)
HB 666 Favorable report
HB 667 Favorable report
HB 298 Favorable report (lengthy discussion of bill) (amendment
added)
HB 303 Favorable Report (amendment offered)
HB 163 Favorable report (substitute bill)
HB 720 Carried Over (this is the same as Beasons senate bill)
(9-2 vote)
** Now the bills that were issued a favorable report move on to the
House floor.
I encourage each of you to write,
call or email to voice your opinion or concerns to any of the
following people (the chairman being the most important):
Rules Committee Members:
Ken Guin (Chairman) 334.242.7674
James Buskey (Vice Chair) 334.242.7757
Ron Johnson, Barbara Boyd, Craig Ford, Blaine Galliher, Todd
Greeson, Randy Hinshaw, Richard Laird, Jack Page, Arthur Payne, John
Robinson, Rod Scott, Pebblin Warren, Cam Ward
SENATE:
Sen. Beasons SB 426 received a favorable report out of committee
(unanimous vote only Sen. Singleton was absent). It now is due to
be scheduled for a vote on the Senate floor. Any amendments to the
bill will be entertained at that time. However, Senator Lowell
Barron is the Chairman of the Rule Committee. He has the power to
never let this bill grace the Senate floor. I recommend that he be
amongst your calls/e-mails/letters opposing this bill!
Assuming that the bill receives a majority vote (of the 35 Senators)
from the Senate floor it changes houses and repeats the process in
the House (committee, then house floor). But remember, Rep. Treadway
filed an identical bill in the House HB 720 (that was part of the
public hearing today in the Judy committee).
Zayne Smith
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, Inc.
Montgomery, Alabama
(334) 263-0086
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