It may possibly be Valentines Day, but Alabama lawmakers didn’t provide much love this week as a few bills had trouble advancing. An overview is had by us for this week’s action within the legislature from Don Dailey, host of Alabama Public Television’s Capitol Journal.
Payday Lending
A Senate Committee voted straight down a bill that will have made it easier for borrowers to settle loans that are payday. It might have offered borrowers thirty day period to settle. In some full instances they are able to have less than 10 times.
Payday lending has been a perennial issue in the last few years, but Dailey notes the opposition to your bill ended up being bipartisan.
“There simply does not be seemingly contract with this issue nevertheless,” Dailey says.
Transgender Athletes
A bill that will need transgender twelfth grade athletes to compete predicated on their biological intercourse at delivery passed away in a home committee.
“It had been contentious as you might imagine,” Dailey says.
Republican Rep. Chris Pringle of Mobile sponsored the balance and claims it is about fairness to feminine athletes. He claims they need ton’t need to compete keenly against those people who are biologically male, with more testosterone and so greater strength. Opponents state the bill discriminates against transgender individuals.
Despite the fact that this bill won’t move ahead, Dailey says the issue may reappear.
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