It might 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 with this week’s action into 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 are making it easier for borrowers to settle loans that are payday. It could have given borrowers thirty day period to repay. In certain full situations they could have less than 10 times.
Payday financing has been a perennial problem in the past few years, but Dailey notes the opposition towards the bill ended up being bipartisan.
“There just does not be seemingly contract about this issue nevertheless,” Dailey says.
Transgender Athletes
A bill that could need transgender school that is high to compete predicated on their biological intercourse at delivery passed away in a property committee.
“It ended up being contentious while you might imagine,” Dailey says.
Republican Rep. Chris Pringle of Cellphone sponsored the bill and claims it is about fairness to feminine athletes. Continue reading