BCA Takes First Step Toward Finalizing 2012 Legislative
Agenda
The Business Council of Alabama took its first step toward
finalizing its 2012 state legislative agenda with BCA committee members and
legislative leaders during a two-day conference in Prattville last week.
Known as “Committee Leadership Days,” the two-day event consisted of meetings with the members of BCA’s seven policy committees to discuss the previous legislative session and submit a draft agenda for the 2012 legislative session. BCA’s final legislative agenda will be submitted to the BCA governmental affairs committee in mid-October and is subject to approval later this year by the BCA board of directors.
“The BCA has long worked toward accomplishing one stated goal—to provide Alabama’s business community an equal opportunity to make a case and seek support for legislation we support and programs we believe are important,” said William W. Brooke, chairman of the BCA Board of Directors and managing partner of Venture Capital for the Harbert Management Corporation.
This year’s Committee Leadership Days coincided with the summer meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama which allowed local chamber executives the opportunity to receive updates on issues the BCA will support in the next legislative session. Leaders from both the state House of Representatives and state Senate were also in attendance to provide an insider’s look at legislation passed last year and hear ideas for new pro-business legislation in 2012.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh addressed the group at breakfast on Thursday, while Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Development Office Director Greg Canfield delivered an update during a luncheon.
“This is a great opportunity for legislative leaders to hear directly from BCA members about the job-creating policies we will be fighting for in 2012,” said Carl Jamison, second vice chairman of the BCA board of directors and shareholder in the firm Jamsion Money Farmer, P.C. “This was the first year we invited legislators to attend our committee meetings and it provided a great opportunity to have an open dialogue on how to grow jobs in Alabama.”
In addition to BCA’s Governmental Affairs Committee, the seven policy committees that met in Prattville were Education and Workforce Preparedness, Environment and Energy, Health, Judicial and Legal Reform, Small Business, Tax and Fiscal Policy, and Labor and Employment.
Known as “Committee Leadership Days,” the two-day event consisted of meetings with the members of BCA’s seven policy committees to discuss the previous legislative session and submit a draft agenda for the 2012 legislative session. BCA’s final legislative agenda will be submitted to the BCA governmental affairs committee in mid-October and is subject to approval later this year by the BCA board of directors.
“The BCA has long worked toward accomplishing one stated goal—to provide Alabama’s business community an equal opportunity to make a case and seek support for legislation we support and programs we believe are important,” said William W. Brooke, chairman of the BCA Board of Directors and managing partner of Venture Capital for the Harbert Management Corporation.
This year’s Committee Leadership Days coincided with the summer meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama which allowed local chamber executives the opportunity to receive updates on issues the BCA will support in the next legislative session. Leaders from both the state House of Representatives and state Senate were also in attendance to provide an insider’s look at legislation passed last year and hear ideas for new pro-business legislation in 2012.
House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh addressed the group at breakfast on Thursday, while Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Development Office Director Greg Canfield delivered an update during a luncheon.
“This is a great opportunity for legislative leaders to hear directly from BCA members about the job-creating policies we will be fighting for in 2012,” said Carl Jamison, second vice chairman of the BCA board of directors and shareholder in the firm Jamsion Money Farmer, P.C. “This was the first year we invited legislators to attend our committee meetings and it provided a great opportunity to have an open dialogue on how to grow jobs in Alabama.”
In addition to BCA’s Governmental Affairs Committee, the seven policy committees that met in Prattville were Education and Workforce Preparedness, Environment and Energy, Health, Judicial and Legal Reform, Small Business, Tax and Fiscal Policy, and Labor and Employment.
