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Alabama House and Senate committees passed the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, a bill that would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code to enable the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases.

Titled the “Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act,” the bills would prohibit a financial institution operating in Alabama from “requiring merchants to use a merchant category code (MCC) to distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods retailer during a firearms transaction amounting to financial surveillance and from disclosing financial information regarding the transaction.”

Here is a list of bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. House of Representatives HB 89, sponsored by Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Hills, would move appointments of the Shelby County Library Board from a popular vote to appointments by the Shelby County legislative delegation. The bill passed 20-0. It goes to the Senate. […] The post What passed in the Alabama Legislature: April 2-4, 2024 appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

Alabama Senators will now consider comprehensive gambling legislation after the House passed sweeping proposals that would create a lottery and allow casinos an