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Here is a list of some of the bills we are following. You can check a bill’s status at the state’s Alison website. To pursue a special interest, sign up for emails from/follow social media of leading non-profits who are lobbying, tracking bills, and sending out alerts, including: Action Coalition for Transit, ACLU of Alabama, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Alabama Appleseed, Alabama Arise, Alabama Rivers Alliance, League of Women Voters of Alabama, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in Alabama, and Read Freely Alabama. 

To get ready to call, find out the names/cell numbers of your lawmakers by entering your address here. Save all politicians in your phone as “Politician (first name) (last name)” for ease of searching. If calling on a bill below, click on the bill number and check the text to see if your state senator/representative is a sponsor. NOTE: Alabama Arise sends out a regular Legislative Update at the first of each week with news and action items. League of Women Voters offers “Take Action Tuesdays” email alerts on Alabama bills, and Rebecca Rothman’s Rapid Response protest team leads a Daily Action Calling effort with Wednesdays devoted to action in Montgomery.

VOTE YES
Vote YES: HB14 Give Alabamians the Power to Create Ballot Measures; Constitutional Amendmen
Vote YES: HB45 Allow Designated Delivery of Disabled Voters’ Absentee Ballot Application & Ballot
Vote YES: HB54 Keep Babies and New Mothers out of Jail
Vote YES: HB76 Abolish the Death Penalty Altogether; Constitutional Amendment
Vote YES: HB128 Allow State Board of Midwifery to Accept Gifts/Grants for Better Maternal Health
Vote YES: HB270 Allow Early Voting In-person in General & Special Elections
Vote YES: SB24 Help Formerly Incarcerated People Regain their Voting Rights
Vote YES: SB51 Recognize Right to Use Contraception, Dispense Contraceptive Devices/Information

VOTE NO
Vote NO: HB8 Allow “Volunteer Campus Chaplains” (w/no training) in Public K-12 Schools
Vote NO: HB13 Weaponize State Data, Support Local ICE Raids, Racially Profile & Arrest
Vote NO: HB41 Risk Trauma to Child Victims of Sexual Assault byExpanding Death Penalty
Vote NO: HB43 Require Daily Pledge/Moment of Silence/Prayer; Constitutional Amendment
Vote NO: HB162 /SB71 Cede Rights to Protect Alabama Water/Air Quality to Federal Government 
Vote NO: HB216 /SB99 Require Ten Commandments be Posted in K5-12 Public Schools
Vote NO: SB4 Require Public Schools to Give Elective Credit/Time Release for Religious Instruction
Vote NO: SB26 Politicize Control of Public Library Boards to Decrease Community Independenc
Vote NO SB27: Politicize Control of Board of Trustees that Provides Oversight of the State Archives
Vote NO: SB61 Overregulate SNAP/Medicaid, Raise State Costs, Depriving the Needy of Both