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17 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Per Q from Rep. Christopher England, D-Tuscaloosa: "We've got these solutions that are looking for problems ... I wish we could be proactive about criminal justice reform. I wish we could be proactive about Medicaid expansion." #alpolitics
England: "Had Donald Trump won the election, I'm sure we wouldn't be having these conversations." Asks if Blackshear's constituents are crossing the line to vote in Georgia. Blackshear: "I hope not." #alpolitics
England also objecting to the provision making this a Class C felony (punishable by up to 10 years in prison). "I could knowingly whip somebody unrecognizable, and serve less time than this." #alpolitics
Also sounds like House Democrats plan to talk on this bill for awhile. #alpolitics

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19 Mar
A thread of articles on an exceptionally contentious day in the Alabama Legislature.

The chamber first approved a bill banning transgender youth from playing sports of the sex with which they identify. bit.ly/3tzvyyT (1) #alpolitics
Then the House passed a bill that would require physicians to provide health care to children born during an abortion, known as "born alive" bills. Opponents noted laws against infanticide already exist. bit.ly/38XUokh #alpolitics (2)
In what could have been the sharpest debate of the day, the House approved a bill changing the definition of riot; creating a new crime of assaulting a first responder and punishing cities that abolish their police departments without replacing them. bit.ly/2ODJ7i9 (3)
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18 Mar
The Alabama House of Representatives is now taking up the bill to ban curbside voting, writing existing policy of the Secretary of State into state law. This will be a thread for the discussion. #alpolitics
Sponsor Wes Allen, R-Troy, is out after testing positive for COVID-19. Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, is handling the bill. #alpolitics
Rep. A.J. McCampbell, D-Linden, is up. Per Qs from McCampbell, Simpson says there's an amendment to the bill. #
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18 Mar
The Alabama House of Representatives is now taking up a bill from Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, that would create a new crime of assaulting a first responder, change riot definitions and penalize municipalities that try to abolish police departments. This will be a thread.
Treadaway, a retired assistant Birmingham Police chief, says there is "an organized effort in this country" regarding protest. Notes that the bill was altered in the House Judiciary Committee. #alpolitics
"This is not about suppressing anybody's right to protest," Treadaway says. Says he's been on the front lines of many protests. This is very similar to the opening argument he made in committee a few weeks back. #alpolitics
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18 Mar
Alabama House is now taking up a bill from Rep. Ginny Shaver, R-Leesburg, known as a born alive bill. This will be the thread. #alpolitics
Shaver says the bill would require a doctor to take reasonable care to save a child's life if the child was born during an abortion. Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, is asking for examples. #alpolitics
Shaver, a crisis pregnancy counselor, says she has been told this happened but that she cannot share it due to privacy requirements. #alpolitics
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18 Mar
The Alabama House is about to begin debating HB 391, which would prevent transgender youth from playing sports of the gender with which they identify. This will be the thread. #alpolitics
Rep. Scott Stadthagen, R-Hartselle, the bill's sponsor says "it is unfair for biological males to compete against females in biological sports." #alpolitics
Similar bills are being pushed in other statehouses this year. The AP contacted numerous supporters of these bills last month, few of whom could cite local examples of this happening. apnews.com/article/lawmak… #alpolitics
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18 Mar
Alabama House is underway. Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, says the controversial calendar is from "h-e-double two sticks" and "a stab at our heart." House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia: "It's not about stabbing anybody in the heart." #alpolitics
Rogers: "Don't put us in a predicament where we have to fight for our lives. Let me remind you: when you fight us, you fight ourselves." #alpolitics
Expect a lot of debates on these bills, which include measures to ban transgender youth from public school sports, a "born-alive" abortion bill, a bill to broaden the definition of rioting and a bill to ban curbside voting. #alpolitics
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