House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels of Huntsville said the Democrats will introduce a bill to allow abortions in cases of pregnancies caused by rape and incest, exceptions that the Republican-led Legislature chose not to include in the abortion ban.
The Alabama House Democratic caucus today announced its agenda for the 2023 session, a platform that includes proposals on taxes, education, healthcare, voting, and criminal justice.from the state’s 4 percent sales tax as part of their agenda, as well as a bill to exempt overtime pay from the state income tax.
The Democrats are calling for Medicaid expansion to increase access to health care for low-income working families. Alabama is one of 11 states that has not expanded its Medicaid program as allowed under the Affordable Care Act, also know as Obamacare. Democrats support efforts to keep rural hospitals open.“This is how we can move in a smart and strategic way to move our state forward,” Daniels said. “Too often we can become distracted by the cynical and controversial issues of the day.
The Democratic caucus will support legislation to allow early voting and to allow all voters to cast absentee ballots, as well as automatic voter registration at age 18, and curbside voting. Republicans in the State House have generally opposed early voting and have opposed changing Alabama law to allow absentee voting without an excuse. Currently under Alabama law, voters must declare that they will be out of town, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to get to the polls in order to cast an absentee ballot. Two years, GOP lawmakers passed a bill to outlaw curbside voting, an issue that came up because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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