+ − Contact Information Email Address: weslong@mclo.org Phone: (334) 242-7511 Fax: (256) 582-2940 Office Address: Room 427-F 11 S. Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130 + − Committees (2) AL - Joint Legislative Committee On State Parks Title: Member AL - Nuclear Energy Activities & Hazardous Chemical Toxic Waste Oversight Committee Title: Member + − Sponsored Bills (16) AL - HB511 Fishing, additional licenses, new resident and nonresident state lake fishing license, new nonresident 3-day license, public fishing pier and annual saltwater fishing pier licenses, disabled 3-day fishing license, Sec. 9-11-56.3 am'd. AL - HB339 Tennessee River, Aquatic Plant Management Board and Fund created, aquatic plant management programs, permits for aquatic plant removal or eradication AL - HB118 Conservation and Natural Resources Department, whitetail deer, may be hunted over bait under certain conditions, Sec. 9-11-244 am'd. AL - HB442 Marshall Co., T VA in lieu of taxes payments, received pursuant to Act 2010-135, distrib., Discretionary Fund Committee, further provided for, Act 2011-527, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd. AL - HB596 Tractor, Lawn and Garden and Light Industrial Equipment Franchise Act, further provide for definitions, Sec. 8-21A-2 am'd. AL - HB409 Alabama military personnel prevented from assisting United States Armed Forces in detaining citizens in violation of United States Constitution or laws of Alabama AL - HB298 Sales tax, exempting ammunition manufactured for firearms from sales tax, Sec. 40-23-4 am'd. AL - HB236 Parental rights, termination, alcohol or controlled substance use, excessive, persistant, rebuttable presumption of continued abuse, Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-319 am'd. AL - HB112 Unclaimed property, holders of abandoned property required to file reports with State Treasurer electronically, exceptions, parent of deceased child authorized to claim property, consumer protection measures for property claimed through third party, Secs. 35-12-72, 35-12-76, 35-12-77, 35-12-79, 35-12-84, 35-12-86, 35-12-93 am'd. AL - HB624 Taxation, exempt tangible assets, exempt real property whose original acquisition cost was less than $250.00, Sec. 40-9-1 am'd. AL - HR214 Powers, Carmen Marie Finlay, death mourned AL - HB426 Unemployment compensation, employing unit defined, Sec. 25-4-8 am'd. AL - HB376 Use of force in defense of a person, authorized by an owner, employee, or other person authorized to be on business premises if another person is attempting or committing robbery or burglary on the premises, Sec, 13A-3-23 am'd. AL - HB162 Voter registration, to change from 10 to 17 the number of days before an election in which a person is prohibited to register to vote in that election, Sec. 17-3-50 am'd. AL - HJR94 Arab High School Wrestling Team, commended AL - HB274 Public assistance, TANF benefits, a person convicted of a felony ineligible for benefits, disclosure of felony conviction by applicant required + − Cosponsored Bills (54) AL - HB140 Income tax, tax credit for rehabilitation, preservation, and development of certain historic structures AL - HB181 Hazardous waste disposal, fee for certain hazardous wastes, decreased, Secs. 22-30-4, 22-30B-2, 22-30B-2.1, 22-30B-4, 22-30B-4.1 am'd. AL - HB197 Private Investigation Board, established, licensing and regulation of private investigators, members, terms, powers, vacancies, subject to Administrative Procedure Act, civil and criminal penalties, Private Investigators Licensing and Regulatory Act AL - HB213 Highway Finance Corporation, borrowing power clarified, Governor added as member of authority, proceeds of bonds, use by counties and municipalities to match federal funds, Secs. 23-1-174, 23-1-177, 23-1-178, 23-1-181 am'd. AL - HB220 Firearms, infringement on the right to keep and bear arms by federal government prohibited, federal acts violating Second Amendment declared void, Second Amendment Preservation Act AL - HB221 Taxation, tax exemption for Class 1-5 municipalities cultural districts AL - HB254 Common Core Standards, State Board of Education prohibited from adopting or implementing AL - HB256 Civil immunity for crime victim injuring perpetrator during commission of crime AL - HB257 Business license tax, rental of residential real estate tax, not to be on a per unit basis, const. amend. AL - HB279 Taxation, aviation jet fuel purchased by international cargo air carriers, refund for excise tax paid on purchases of aviation jet fuel by exemption from sales and use tax, Secs. 40-17-329, 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd. AL - HB299 Ten Commandments, display of on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend. AL - HB302 Gulf State Park, Legislature to approve sale or long-term lease of any state park property, development, submission of proposals, criteria, review by department, acceptance or rejection, proposal exempt from certain statutes, Chapter 14D of Title 9 repealed, Secs. 9-14D-1 to 9-14D-5, inclusive, repealed AL - HB329 Criminal justice employees, including judges, district attorneys, law enforcement officers, etc., protection against disclosure of personal information, disclosure of by State Ethics Commission prohibited, Secs. 36-25-4.3, 41-13-7 am'd. AL - HB390 Marshall Co., local laws providing action by House and Senate delegation, construed to mean districts representing great numbers of residents of Marshall Co. AL - HB407 Fishing, commercial saltwater fishing license, license further provided for, Sec. 9-12-113 am'd. AL - HB421 Pawns, further regulate pawn transactions, Secs. 5-19A-2 am'd.; Secs. 5-19A-21, 5-19A-22, 5-19A-23, 5-19A-24, 5-19A-25 added AL - HB424 Colleges and universities, residency for determining admission and tuition, active duty service members, spouses, dependents, veterans and other students considered resident students under certain conditions, Sec. 16-24-2 am'd. AL - HB506 Public education employees, salary increase, including K-12 and certain other designated education institutions, liability insurance program to be established by Finance Department in consultation with Education Department AL - HB547 Veterans, permanently and totally disabled, state income tax, credit for sales tax paid up to a certain amount AL - HB582 Marshall Co., volunteer fire districts, co. commission authorized to establish, service fee, referendum in districts AL - HB588 Religious expression in schools, authorized, Alabama Student Religious Liberties Act AL - HB631 Public assistance, fraud in obtaining, crime established, penalties, theft of services, knowledge requirement deleted, Sec. 13A-8-10 am'd. AL - HB641 Public employees, to receive annual summary of benefits received from employer AL - HB677 Business licenses, Alabama Business License Reform Act, Revenue Department required to implement and administer an online site for applying for, purchasing, and renewing state, and municipal business licenses, Online Filing System Advisory Committee, state business license fee, exceptions provided, Secs. 11-3-11.1, 34-1-11, 34-3-3, 34-9-3, 34-24-50, 34-24-334, 34-33A-12, 40-2A-15, 40-12-2, 40-12-10, 40-12-30, 40-12-391, 40-12-392, 40-12-395, 40-12-398, 40-12-413, 40-16-6 am'd.; Secs. 11-3-11.2, 11-3-11.3, 11-3-11.4, 11-3-11.5, 11-3-11.6, 11-80-10.1, 11-80-11.1 added; Secs. 40-12-3, 40-12-4, 40-12-40 to 40-12-180, inclusive, 40-12-310 to 40-12-319, inclusive, 40-12-393 repealed; Secs. 40-12-4.1 through 40-12-8 renumbered AL - HR44 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended AL - HR45 Reach, Ray, commended AL - HR46 Solomon, KB, commended AL - HR99 McDavid, Betty Grace Fieldness, commended AL - HR220 Trucking Association, celebrates its 75th Anniversary, commended AL - HR251 Robinson, Elbert, Sr., death mourned AL - HR263 Sumerlin, Edith, death mourned AL - HR366 Jones, Jestina Duncan, exemplary graduate of the University of Mobile, commended AL - HR392 Excelsior Band, commended AL - HR422 Jones, Susannah Mushatt, commended AL - HR493 Coach Moses Knight, Jr., induction into Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame, urged AL - HR494 Reynolds, Nimrod Q., death mourned AL - HR534 Emergency Services week, commended AL - HR540 National Veterans Shrine, recognized AL - HJR4 Kennedy, Representative Yvonne, death mourned AL - HJR8 Israel, Nation of, relations with the United States of America, commended AL - HJR42 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., commended AL - HJR55 Childs, William Jones, death mourned AL - HJR96 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, recognized AL - HJR128 Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), March, designated MSA Awareness Month AL - HJR193 Moore, Mal, posthumously commended AL - HJR219 Trucking Association, 75th Anniversary, commended AL - HJR246 Alabama Bass Trail, commended AL - HJR250 Thatcher, Margaret, British Prime Minister, death mourned AL - HJR270 Robinson, Elbert, Sr., death mourned AL - HJR364 Department of Public Safety is encouraged to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans AL - HJR368 Jones, Jestina Duncan, exemplary graduate of the University of Mobile, commended AL - HJR374 Kyle, Chris, death mourned AL - HJR391 Excelsior Band, commended AL - HJR401 DUI Prevention and Ignition Interlock Advisory Council, created
AL - HB511 Fishing, additional licenses, new resident and nonresident state lake fishing license, new nonresident 3-day license, public fishing pier and annual saltwater fishing pier licenses, disabled 3-day fishing license, Sec. 9-11-56.3 am'd.
AL - HB339 Tennessee River, Aquatic Plant Management Board and Fund created, aquatic plant management programs, permits for aquatic plant removal or eradication
AL - HB118 Conservation and Natural Resources Department, whitetail deer, may be hunted over bait under certain conditions, Sec. 9-11-244 am'd.
AL - HB442 Marshall Co., T VA in lieu of taxes payments, received pursuant to Act 2010-135, distrib., Discretionary Fund Committee, further provided for, Act 2011-527, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd.
AL - HB596 Tractor, Lawn and Garden and Light Industrial Equipment Franchise Act, further provide for definitions, Sec. 8-21A-2 am'd.
AL - HB409 Alabama military personnel prevented from assisting United States Armed Forces in detaining citizens in violation of United States Constitution or laws of Alabama
AL - HB298 Sales tax, exempting ammunition manufactured for firearms from sales tax, Sec. 40-23-4 am'd.
AL - HB236 Parental rights, termination, alcohol or controlled substance use, excessive, persistant, rebuttable presumption of continued abuse, Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-319 am'd.
AL - HB112 Unclaimed property, holders of abandoned property required to file reports with State Treasurer electronically, exceptions, parent of deceased child authorized to claim property, consumer protection measures for property claimed through third party, Secs. 35-12-72, 35-12-76, 35-12-77, 35-12-79, 35-12-84, 35-12-86, 35-12-93 am'd.
AL - HB624 Taxation, exempt tangible assets, exempt real property whose original acquisition cost was less than $250.00, Sec. 40-9-1 am'd.
AL - HB376 Use of force in defense of a person, authorized by an owner, employee, or other person authorized to be on business premises if another person is attempting or committing robbery or burglary on the premises, Sec, 13A-3-23 am'd.
AL - HB162 Voter registration, to change from 10 to 17 the number of days before an election in which a person is prohibited to register to vote in that election, Sec. 17-3-50 am'd.
AL - HB274 Public assistance, TANF benefits, a person convicted of a felony ineligible for benefits, disclosure of felony conviction by applicant required
AL - HB140 Income tax, tax credit for rehabilitation, preservation, and development of certain historic structures
AL - HB181 Hazardous waste disposal, fee for certain hazardous wastes, decreased, Secs. 22-30-4, 22-30B-2, 22-30B-2.1, 22-30B-4, 22-30B-4.1 am'd.
AL - HB197 Private Investigation Board, established, licensing and regulation of private investigators, members, terms, powers, vacancies, subject to Administrative Procedure Act, civil and criminal penalties, Private Investigators Licensing and Regulatory Act
AL - HB213 Highway Finance Corporation, borrowing power clarified, Governor added as member of authority, proceeds of bonds, use by counties and municipalities to match federal funds, Secs. 23-1-174, 23-1-177, 23-1-178, 23-1-181 am'd.
AL - HB220 Firearms, infringement on the right to keep and bear arms by federal government prohibited, federal acts violating Second Amendment declared void, Second Amendment Preservation Act
AL - HB257 Business license tax, rental of residential real estate tax, not to be on a per unit basis, const. amend.
AL - HB279 Taxation, aviation jet fuel purchased by international cargo air carriers, refund for excise tax paid on purchases of aviation jet fuel by exemption from sales and use tax, Secs. 40-17-329, 40-23-4, 40-23-62 am'd.
AL - HB299 Ten Commandments, display of on state property and at public schools, authorized, const. amend.
AL - HB302 Gulf State Park, Legislature to approve sale or long-term lease of any state park property, development, submission of proposals, criteria, review by department, acceptance or rejection, proposal exempt from certain statutes, Chapter 14D of Title 9 repealed, Secs. 9-14D-1 to 9-14D-5, inclusive, repealed
AL - HB329 Criminal justice employees, including judges, district attorneys, law enforcement officers, etc., protection against disclosure of personal information, disclosure of by State Ethics Commission prohibited, Secs. 36-25-4.3, 41-13-7 am'd.
AL - HB390 Marshall Co., local laws providing action by House and Senate delegation, construed to mean districts representing great numbers of residents of Marshall Co.
AL - HB407 Fishing, commercial saltwater fishing license, license further provided for, Sec. 9-12-113 am'd.
AL - HB421 Pawns, further regulate pawn transactions, Secs. 5-19A-2 am'd.; Secs. 5-19A-21, 5-19A-22, 5-19A-23, 5-19A-24, 5-19A-25 added
AL - HB424 Colleges and universities, residency for determining admission and tuition, active duty service members, spouses, dependents, veterans and other students considered resident students under certain conditions, Sec. 16-24-2 am'd.
AL - HB506 Public education employees, salary increase, including K-12 and certain other designated education institutions, liability insurance program to be established by Finance Department in consultation with Education Department
AL - HB547 Veterans, permanently and totally disabled, state income tax, credit for sales tax paid up to a certain amount
AL - HB582 Marshall Co., volunteer fire districts, co. commission authorized to establish, service fee, referendum in districts
AL - HB631 Public assistance, fraud in obtaining, crime established, penalties, theft of services, knowledge requirement deleted, Sec. 13A-8-10 am'd.
AL - HB677 Business licenses, Alabama Business License Reform Act, Revenue Department required to implement and administer an online site for applying for, purchasing, and renewing state, and municipal business licenses, Online Filing System Advisory Committee, state business license fee, exceptions provided, Secs. 11-3-11.1, 34-1-11, 34-3-3, 34-9-3, 34-24-50, 34-24-334, 34-33A-12, 40-2A-15, 40-12-2, 40-12-10, 40-12-30, 40-12-391, 40-12-392, 40-12-395, 40-12-398, 40-12-413, 40-16-6 am'd.; Secs. 11-3-11.2, 11-3-11.3, 11-3-11.4, 11-3-11.5, 11-3-11.6, 11-80-10.1, 11-80-11.1 added; Secs. 40-12-3, 40-12-4, 40-12-40 to 40-12-180, inclusive, 40-12-310 to 40-12-319, inclusive, 40-12-393 repealed; Secs. 40-12-4.1 through 40-12-8 renumbered
AL - HJR364 Department of Public Safety is encouraged to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans
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