Goat Hill Report- Week Ending April 18, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature completed Days 22 and 23 of the 2025 session. The legislature now has seven days remaining of the (maximum) 30-day session. The session is expected to wrap up in early-to-mid May. Details of this week’s notable action and news items are provided below. Floor Action…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending April 11, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature completed its second week of the 2025 session. The legislature was in session for a three-day week, convening on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with committee meetings primarily on Wednesday. The legislature is now into the final third of the…
Goat Hill Report- Week ending April 4, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature returned from its second break of the 2025 session. The legislature was in session for a two-day week, convening on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings primarily on Wednesday. The legislature is now scheduled to complete the remaining half…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending March 14, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature returned from last week’s break to complete the sixth week of the 2025 session. The legislature was in session for a three-day week, convening on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with committee meetings largely on Wednesday. As part of the…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending March 7, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature completed the fifth week of the 2025 session. The legislature was in session for a three-day week, which means they were on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with committee meetings largely on Wednesday. As previously mentioned, the legislature will be…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending February 21, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature completed its third week of the 2025 session. This week the legislature was in session for a traditional “two day week”, which means they were on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday and Thursday and held committee meetings on Wednesday. As has been previously…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending February 14, 2025

This week the Alabama legislature completed its second week of the 2025 session. The legislature held another three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March for Spring Break (the weeks of March 10 and March 24). The legislature has now completed six days out of a possible…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending February 7, 2025

The 2025 Regular Session of the Alabama legislature began at noon on Tuesday, February 4, and later that evening Governor Kay Ivey delivered her State of the State address (details below). Most observers are not expecting one or two issues to dominate the session like last year’s session, when gambling…
Goat Hill Report- Week ending May 3, 2024

This week, the Alabama legislature completed Days 26 and 27 of the 2024 session, leaving just three days remaining out of the maximum 30 legislative days. Although it has been previously speculated that the session would end in mid-May, legislative leaders stated this week that they intend to hold session…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending April 26, 2024

The end of session is in sight! This week, the Alabama legislature completed Days 24 and 25 of the 2024 session this week, leaving just five days remaining out of the maximum 30 legislative days. The session is expected to wrap up by mid-May, but no later than May 21….
Goat Hill Report-Week ending April 19, 2024

The Alabama legislature completed Days 22 and 23 of the 2024 session this week, leaving seven days out of the maximum 30 legislative days. The session is expected to wrap up by early to mid-May, but no later than May 21. Details of this week’s action are provided below. Workforce…
Goat Hill Report- Week ending April 12, 2024

This week, the Alabama legislature completed Days 20 and 21 of the 2024 session. With a maximum length of 30 legislative days, this year’s session is over two-thirds complete and is expected to wrap up by early to mid-May. Details of this week’s action are provided below. Budgets Move Forward…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending March 8, 2024

The Alabama legislature has reached the halfway point of the 2024 session, completing Days 13, 14 and 15 this week out of a possible 30 legislative days. As mentioned previously, the legislature will be taking off next week, returning the week of March 18, and then taking off the week…
Goat Hill Report-Week Ending March 1, 2024

This week the Alabama legislature completed Week 4 of the 2024 session. For the fourth week in a row, the legislature held a three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March (the weeks of March 11 and March 25). After this week, the legislature has completed 12…
Goat Hill Report- Week Ending Feb. 23, 2024

This week the Alabama legislature completed its third week of the 2024 session. The legislature held its third consecutive three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March (the weeks of March 11 and March 25). After this week, the legislature is one-third of the way through the…