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LWVAL Action Priority Level III - Issues identified by LWVAL Advocacy Committee and/or State Board or Local Leagues. Monitoring occurs; action dependent on opportunity and available resources.

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LWVAL has taken a position on these bills:

thumbs_down_icon.jpgHB300 Constitutional Amendment - Personhood, defined to include humans from moment of fertilization, const. amend.

green-right-arrow.jpgthumbs_down_icon.jpgSB363 - Abortion, Alabama Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, prohibits and punishes person performing unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to mother

LWVAL is monitoring these bills:

green-right-arrow.jpgHB246 - Motor vehicles, distinctive license plates, stop domestic violence, distrib. of proceeds to district attorney office for prevention programs

HB 296 - Deferred Presentment Services Act repealed, short-term cash advance loans, prohibited, Secs. 5-18A-1 to 5-18A-22, inclusive, repealed

HB326/SB301 - Title loan lenders, licensure and regulation of, established, Alabama Title Loan Act

HB342 - Payday loans, deferred presentment services, expand licensure requirements, further regulate deferred presentment services, penalties for evading licensure requirements, Secs. 5-18A-3, 5-18A-6, 5-18A-12, 5-18A-13 am’d.

SB361 - Human Resources Dept., child abuse and neglect, mandatory reporting requirements, military status of parent or guardian to be determined, notification to United States Department of Defense family advocacy program, required, Sec. 26-14-3 am'd.

HB526 - Loans, regulate motor vehicle title loan, Secs. 5-27-1 to 5-27-28, inclusive, added



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