2025 Regular SessionAlabama Legislature

HB29

Legislative Summary

Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work

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Bill History

8/19/2024
Prefiled
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Pending House State Government
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Third Reading in House of Origin
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Lawrence 1st Amendment Offered 6HCDZ1Z-1
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 53 6HCDZ1Z-1
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 54
House of Representatives
2/11/2025
Engrossed
House of Representatives
2/12/2025
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
Senate
2/12/2025
Pending Senate County and Municipal Government
Senate
3/4/2025
Reported Out of Committee Second House
Senate
3/4/2025
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
Senate

Amendments

House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 53

House Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 53 https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/6HCDZ1Z-1.pdf

2/11/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 54
2/11/2025
76
Yea
25
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading in House of Origin
2/11/2025
79
Yea
19
Nay
4
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
2/11/2025
79
Yea
19
Nay
4
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 53 https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/6HCDZ1Z-1.pdf
2/11/2025
93
Yea
11
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/11/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Ed Oliver
Ed Oliver
Republican

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/11/2025151.4 KB
Introduced
Bill Text8/19/2024555.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/1970684.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/1970685.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/1970688.3 KB