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The Alabama Legislature convened for Day 24, out of 30, of its annual Regular Session on Tuesday, April 15 and convened in Session Thursday for Day 25. Twenty-eight committee meeting were held during the week. The Legislature will next convene for Day 26 on Tuesday, April 29 with the House convening at 1 p.m. and the Senate convening at 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

961 bills have been introduced to date.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE HOUSE FLOOR ACTION THIS WEEK\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB176 by Rep. Shirey: To exempt the gross proceeds from the sale of optical aids, including eyeglasses and contact lenses, from sales and use tax.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB379 by Rep. Garrett: To exclude certain nonresident, remote workers from state income tax in certain circumstances (as substituted and amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB479 by Rep. Brinyark: To remove the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) as a voter registration database that the board of registrars or the Secretary <\/span>of State may use to identify voters whose addresses may have changed,\u00a0<\/span>and to require the Secretary of State to conduct a voter registration list\u00a0<\/span>maintenance program through the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (as\u00a0<\/span>substituted).<\/span><\/p>\n

HB521 by Rep. Lipscomb: To define a new category of ready to drink mixed liquor beverages containing no more than seven percent alcohol by volume, called \u201cmixed\u00a0<\/span>spirit beverages,\u201d to institute a licensing structure in Alabama for mixed\u00a0<\/span>spirit beverages, which would require all mixed spirit beverages, other\u00a0<\/span>than those sold in Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board stores, to\u00a0<\/span>be distributed through licensed wholesalers to licensed retailers for\u00a0<\/span>on-premises and off-premises consumption, and to provide for the levy\u00a0<\/span>of a privilege or excise tax on mixed spirit beverages (as substituted and\u00a0<\/span>amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB112 by Sen. Orr: $9.9 Billion Education Trust Fund Budget (as substituted and amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB113 by Sen. Orr: Supplemental Appropriations from the Education Trust Fund totaling $524,276,588 (as substituted and amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB305 by Sen. Orr: To create the Renewing Alabama\u2019s Investment in Student Excellence (RAISE) Act to establish a process to provide additional funding for public\u00a0<\/span>K-12 schools for the purpose of addressing the educational needs of the\u00a0<\/span>student population and improving educational outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE SENATE FLOOR <\/span>ACTION THIS WEEK\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB253 by Rep. Colvin: To exempt the gross receipts from the sale of certain aircraft and aircraft parts from state sales and use tax, to provide conditions regarding the <\/span>application of rental or lease taxes to the rental or lease transactions of\u00a0<\/span>commercial aircraft, to authorize county or municipal governing bodies\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>to adopt a local sales and use tax exemption by resolution or ordinance,\u00a0<\/span>and to provide for effective dates from September 1, 2025 to August 31,\u00a0<\/span>2030 (as amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB258 by Rep. Carns: To change the primary election in off-presidential years to second Tuesday in May preceding Memorial Day (as amended, House <\/span>concurred).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB117 by Sen. Barfoot: To authorize certain municipalities to enter into memorandums of understanding with sheriffs regarding traffic enforcement (as amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB256 by Sen. Sessions: To authorize a Class 2 municipality to enter property on which it holds a tax lien certificate to make repairs, to clarify that the Class 2 <\/span>municipality holds a lien for the cost of its repair that is not extinguished\u00a0<\/span>by a tax lien certificate, and to provide for the sale by the tax collecting\u00a0<\/span>official of a tax lien certificate that remains unsold for a period of time\u00a0<\/span>for the price to certain entities (as substituted).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB271 by Sen. Allen: To prohibit municipalities from imposing certain fees or charges on natural or manufactured gas utilities in connection with the granting of <\/span>consent to use public streets and places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB278 by Sen. Shelnutt: To further provide for the provision on elective credit for students of public K-12 schools who attend religious instruction during the school <\/span>day (as amended).<\/span><\/p>\n

SB279 by Sen. Givhan: To authorize the Legislative Council to contract for the demolition of the building designated as the current Alabama State House, upon <\/span>completion of the new Alabama State House, to provide for the\u00a0<\/span>disposition of certain property and materials affixed to the building, and\u00a0<\/span>to provide for the sale of items in the chambers that will not be relocated\u00a0<\/span>to the new Alabama State House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB304 by Sen. Orr: To establish the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Bank as a division within the State Industrial Development Authority for the purpose of selecting <\/span>and assisting in the financing of qualified energy infrastructure projects\u00a0<\/span>necessary to meet the energy demands of economic development and\u00a0<\/span>industrial recruitment projects throughout the State of Alabama (as\u00a0<\/span>amended).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB322 by Sen. Waggoner: To authorize the annexation of a certain type of community development district by a wet municipality in the county where the district is situated,\u00a0<\/span>and to further provide for the establishment of a certain type of\u00a0<\/span>community development district (as substituted).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION THIS WEEK<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB297 by Rep. Fidler: To require money transmission businesses to report and maintain records relating to additional activity involving cash transactions beyond what is <\/span>required by federal regulation, and would provide civil and criminal\u00a0<\/span>penalties for violations. (substituted in House Financial Services\u00a0<\/span>Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB515 by Rep. Shirey: To regulate the use by insurers of artificial intelligence in making coverage determinations, to require that a health care professional make <\/span>an insurer\u2019s determination of medical necessity for treatments, and to\u00a0<\/span>provide a civil action for person who claim injury due to use of artificial\u00a0<\/span>intelligence by an insurer (Public Hearing but no vote in House Insurance\u00a0<\/span>Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB567 by Rep. Wilcox: To increase the percent of total value of equalized taxable property, within a Class 2 (Mobile) municipality, that may be included in tax <\/span>increment districts created by the municipality (House Mobile County\u00a0<\/span>Legislation).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB596 by Rep. Sells: To prohibit persons from transporting out of this state a live catfish harvested in public waters (House State Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB171 by Sen. Chambliss: To prohibit an individual from operating a motor vehicle on land submerged below navigable waters (substituted in House Ports, <\/span>Waterways and Intermodal Transit Committee).<\/span><\/p>\n

SB186 by Sen. Chambliss: To require manufacturers of certain Internet-enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets, to require the devices to contain a filter that is <\/span>enabled during the activation of the device if the user is a minor, and\u00a0<\/span>only allow a user with a password to deactivate or reactivate the filter,\u00a0<\/span>to subject a manufacturer of a device in violation of this act to civil\u00a0<\/span>liability and provide for penalties (amended in House Commerce and\u00a0<\/span>Small Business Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION THIS WEEK<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB3 by Rep. Brown: To provide that a criminal defendant who is an illegal alien who is convicted of a felony offense where the victim was a minor must receive <\/span>an enhanced sentence, and to provide that a criminal defendant who is\u00a0<\/span>an illegal alien who is convicted of a misdemeanor where the victim was\u00a0<\/span>a minor shall be sentenced to a Class C felony (Public Hearing but no\u00a0<\/span>vote in Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB8 by Rep. Drummond: To revise the definition of \u201celectronic nicotine delivery system\u201d to include battery powered devices that deliver substances other than tobacco <\/span>through the inhalation of vapor; to prohibit the distribution of tobacco,\u00a0<\/span>tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-liquids, and\u00a0<\/span>alternative nicotine products through a vending machine; to require an\u00a0<\/span>annual permit fee for the distribution of those products (Senate\u00a0<\/span>Healthcare Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB185 by Rep. Reynolds: $12,706,065 Supplemental from the General Fund (substituted in Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB186 by Rep. Reynolds: $3.7 Billion General Fund Budget (substituted in Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB202 by Rep. Reynolds: To expand immunity for law enforcement officers from civil liability and criminal prosecution, and to provide exceptions (Public Hearing but no <\/span>vote in Senate Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB319 by Rep. Collins: To create the Imagination Library of Alabama Program to provide free age-appropriate books to children through Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination <\/span>Library (Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB353 by Rep. Hill: To remove restrictions on district attorney salary increases, and to provide for the compensation of newly appointed district attorneys <\/span>(Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB354 by Rep. Hill: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to provide that the compensation received by a district attorney may not be diminished during his or her <\/span>term of office (Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB357 by Rep. Hollis: To define \u201ccigarette\u201d and \u201cheated tobacco product,\u201d and to levy a tax on heated tobacco products (amended in Senate Finance and Taxation <\/span>General Fund Committee).<\/span><\/p>\n

HB440 by Rep. Brown: To further provide for the collection of fire service fees in Mobile County to maintain firefighting districts in by providing a definition for \u201cresidence\u201d <\/span>(Senate Mobile County Legislation Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB481 by Rep. Shaw: To exempt the purchase and installation of certain material and equipment by local boards of education and certain public procurement <\/span>units from certain procedures for entering into contracts for public works\u00a0<\/span>(Public Hearing but no vote in Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic\u00a0<\/span>Development Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB107 by Sen. Sessions: To provide for the recalculation of the distribution of the SSUT proceeds to municipalities as a result of annexation, deannexation, or <\/span>incorporation (Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB213 by Sen. Williams: To exclude the use of natural gas or electricity in poultry houses from the utility gross receipts tax and utility service use tax (amended in Senate <\/span>Finance and Taxation Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB307 by Sen. Kelley: To require the online publication of all county and municipal financial statements, audits, monthly expenditures, and budgets (Public Hearing\u00a0<\/span>and amended in Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic\u00a0<\/span>Development Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE HOUSE INTRODUCTIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB605 by Rep. Robertson: To exempt the gross proceeds from the sale of certain agricultural production inputs, energy used in agriculture, certain diesel exhaust fluid, <\/span>and agricultural machinery and equipment from state sales and use tax\u00a0<\/span>(House Ways and Means Education Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB610 by Rep. Harrison: A proposed Constitutional Amendment to authorize the Legislature to establish a state public bank to serve as the depository for all state\u00a0<\/span>government funds, to direct the Legislature to establish a commission as\u00a0<\/span>the primary governing authority of the bank or to designate an agency\u00a0<\/span>to oversee and operate the bank, and to delineate the manner in which\u00a0<\/span>the bank will collect and loan funds (House Financial Services\u00a0<\/span>Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB611 by Rep. Kiel: To prohibit Internet service providers, cell phone service providers, and content delivery networks from accepting or forwarding HTTP requests <\/span>to any application that permits a person to obtain abortion producing\u00a0<\/span>drugs, to prohibit certain information technology providers, physical data\u00a0<\/span>centers, and payment providers from allowing their products or\u00a0<\/span>capabilities to be used to facilitate the sale or delivery of abortion\u00a0<\/span>producing drugs, and to require Internet service providers and cell phone\u00a0<\/span>service providers to block certain domain names known to sell abortion\u00a0<\/span>producing drugs (House Judiciary Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE SENATE INTRODUCTIONS<\/span><\/h2>\n

SB340 by Sen. Hatcher: To provide prohibitions on the disconnection of utility services to customers under certain conditions, including during extreme heat or <\/span>cold weather, during a state of emergency, when the household has\u00a0<\/span>children under 12 years of age or elderly individuals, or when the\u00a0<\/span>household has an active service member or veteran, and to authorize\u00a0<\/span>civil remedies for a violation, including civil damages and a civil penalty\u00a0<\/span>(Senate County and Municipal Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB342 by Sen. Coleman-Madison: To provide for the creation of multi-jurisdictional local land bank authorities, to further authorize the acquisition of tax delinquent property <\/span>and tax liens by local land bank authorities, to further provide for the\u00a0<\/span>exemption of local land bank authority property from taxes and fees, to\u00a0<\/span>provide for the allocation of a portion of the ad valorem taxes on certain\u00a0<\/span>property conveyed to a local land bank authority to the authority, to\u00a0<\/span>further provide for the conveyance of local land bank authority property,\u00a0<\/span>and to authorize the Governor to create local land bank authorities in\u00a0<\/span>the event of a state of emergency (Senate County and Municipal\u00a0<\/span>Government Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB344 by Sen. Allen: To require a controlling governmental entity that replaces a memorial building to maintain the original name or erect a marker memorializing <\/span>the name, to provide that a petition for waiver is deemed denied if the\u00a0<\/span>Committee on Alabama Monument Protection fails to act on an\u00a0<\/span>application for waiver within 90 days, to revise penalties for violations,\u00a0<\/span>and to authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action under\u00a0<\/span>certain circumstances (Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BUDGETS<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB186 by Rep. Reynolds: $3.7 Billion General Fund Budget Passed House; substituted in Senate Finance and Taxation <\/span>General Fund Committee;\u00a0<\/span>pending 3rd <\/span>reading in Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

SB112 by Sen. Orr: $9.9 Billion Education Trust Fund Budget Passed Senate; passed House as amended and substituted; <\/span>pending action by Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

HB185 by Rep. Reynolds: Supplemental from the General Fund ($12,706,065 ) Passed House; substituted in Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee; pending 3rd reading in Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

SB113 by Sen. Orr: Supplemental from the Education Trust Fund ($524,276,588) Passed Senate; passed House as amended and substituted; pending action by Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n

NOTABLE BILLS ENACTED\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

SB79 by Sen. Weaver: To define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female and sex for purposes of state law, to provide <\/span>policy of the differences between sexes, to provide that\u00a0<\/span>state and local public entities may establish separate\u00a0<\/span>single-sex spaces or environments in certain\u00a0<\/span>circumstances, and to require the state or political\u00a0<\/span>subdivisions that collect vital statistics related to sex as\u00a0<\/span>male or female for certain purposes to identify each\u00a0<\/span>individual as either male or female at birth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB70 by Sen. Jones: To create the Alabama Veterans Resource Center, provide for a board of directors to manage the center <\/span>as a comprehensive, coordinated system of support for\u00a0<\/span>veterans and their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB36 by Sen. Kitchens: To provide further for who is subject to state competitive bid laws, to provide further for electronic <\/span>bid submissions, to provide further for the procedures\u00a0<\/span>for protesting certain competitive bid contracts, and to\u00a0<\/span>revise requirements for disclosure statement forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB67 by Sen. Jones: To authorize the Governor to appoint the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Affairs to <\/span>serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and to revise\u00a0<\/span>membership and powers of the board.<\/span><\/p>\n

SB4 by Sen. Elliott: To authorize certain public entities to contract with a nonpublic K-12 school to provide school resource <\/span>officers in certain circumstances, and to require public\u00a0<\/span>entities to charge the nonpublic school for the full cost\u00a0<\/span>of employing any school resource officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB64 by Sen. Livingston: To require persons engaging in the business of cutting or uprooting aquatic plants in public waters to use <\/span>certain methods to remove this plant matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB116 by Sen. Barfoot: To prohibit persons from possessing a part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert <\/span>a pistol into a machine gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB115 by Sen. Chambliss: To include additional activity that would constitute the crime of impersonating a peace officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB54 by Sen. Roberts: To further provide for the term \u201ccritical infrastructure facility\u201d to include communications service infrastructure <\/span>and facilities, and further provide for the crimes of\u00a0<\/span>unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure facility and\u00a0<\/span>criminal tampering in the first and second degrees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB78 by Sen. Weaver: To prohibit the possession, use, or sale of butyl nitrite or any mixtures containing butyl nitrite, commonly <\/span>known as \u201cwhippets,\u201d except under certain\u00a0<\/span>circumstances, and to prohibit the possession, use, or\u00a0<\/span>sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as \u201claughing\u00a0<\/span>gas,\u201d and amyl nitrite, commonly known as \u201cpoppers\u201d\u00a0<\/span>or \u201csnappers,\u201d except under certain circumstances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB93 by Rep. Brown: To exempt all property used by the Alabama State Port Authority from the state personal property inventory and <\/span>audit requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB159 by Rep. Lovvorn: To rename the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission as the U.S. Space and Rocket Center <\/span>Commission, to provide that the Governor serve as an\u00a0<\/span>ex officio nonvoting member of the commission, to\u00a0<\/span>authorize interested public and private partners to\u00a0<\/span>provide facilities for U.S. Space and Rocket Center <\/span>exhibits, and to specify that the commission operates\u00a0<\/span>outside of the State Treasury.<\/span><\/p>\n

SB199 by Sen. Figures: To provide for paid parental leave for eligible employees following the birth, stillbirth, or miscarriage <\/span>of a child or the placement of a child for adoption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB243 by Rep. Whitt: To unabate a portion of state noneducational ad valorem taxes and state abated construction related <\/span>transaction taxes pursuant to abatements granted on or\u00a0<\/span>after June 1, 2026, and require the local tax collecting\u00a0<\/span>official and the Department of Revenue to collect the\u00a0<\/span>unabated portion and deposit the revenue into the\u00a0<\/span>Alabama Development Fund.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

HB101 by Rep. Shirey: To authorize the Sheriff of Mobile County to establish procedures for using a credit or debit card to make <\/span>purchases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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HB104 by Rep. Drummond: To provide that a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) may declare certain abandoned or discarded debris a <\/span>nuisance and require its abatement or removal at the\u00a0<\/span>expense of the owner of the property.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB40 by Sen. Kelley: To provide for the recognition of firearm hold agreements between a federal firearm licensee or a <\/span>municipal or county law enforcement officer and in\u00a0<\/span>individual firearm owner where the licensee or law\u00a0<\/span>enforcement officer agrees to hold a lawfully possessed\u00a0<\/span>firearm for a specified period of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB60 by Sen. Albritton: To allow the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority to increase the amount of bonds issued to <\/span>implement the existing prison modernization plan from\u00a0<\/span>$785,000,000 to a total of $1,285,000,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB130 by Sen. Melson: To provide that refined gold and silver bullion, specie, or certain coins may be recognized as legal tender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB252 by Sen. Beasley: To further provide for the regulation of pharmacy benefits managers by the Commissioner of Insurance, <\/span>to provide a civil action to person injured by pharmacy\u00a0<\/span>benefit managers, to provide a minimum\u00a0<\/span>reimbursement amount for independent pharmacies,\u00a0<\/span>and to regulate rebates from drug manufacturers to\u00a0<\/span>pharmacy benefits managers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB91 by Sen. Kelley: To require a person seeking to construct a tall structure within a minimum distance of a military installation to <\/span>receive approval from the local government before\u00a0<\/span>construction may begin, and authorize a local\u00a0<\/span>government to seek enjoinment of the construction of\u00a0<\/span>a tall structure if prior approval was not granted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB83 by Sen. Orr: To require public entities to install and maintain powered, height-adjustable, adult-size changing tables <\/span>accessible to both males and females in newly\u00a0<\/span>constructed or renovated public buildings, to provide\u00a0<\/span>for grant award payments to public entities with\u00a0<\/span>preexisting public restrooms subject to appropriation,\u00a0<\/span>and to encourage the installation and maintenance of\u00a0<\/span>adult-size changing tables in private sector facilities\u00a0<\/span>across the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SB224 by Sen. Sessions: To further provide for the electronic monitoring of certain individuals in Mobile County.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB200 by Sen. Jones: To rename \u201cdrug courts\u201d to \u201caccountability courts\u201d and to expand the scope of whom accountability courts <\/span>would serve to include offenders with mental illness and\u00a0<\/span>offenders who are veterans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB221 by Sen. Williams: To further provide for the compensation of the Mobile County Judge of Probate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB46 by Sen. Sessions: To authorize the governing body of a Class 2 municipality (Mobile) to establish a delegation <\/span>agreement with the Alabama Department of\u00a0<\/span>Environmental Management to enforce the Alabama\u00a0<\/span>Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB102 by Sen. Coleman-Madison: To extend the existing pregnant women benefit under the state Medicaid plan for up to 60 days to women <\/span>who have not been formally approved for Medicaid\u00a0<\/span>coverage but who submit proof of pregnancy and\u00a0<\/span>household income information to a qualified provider\u00a0<\/span>of ambulatory prenatal care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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