AL HR297

Designates Representative Jim Hill, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as the recipient of the 2024 Shroud Award for proposing problematic amendments to House Bill 73.

House Bill 73 by Representative Phillip Pettus would have capped property tax increases on Class II and Class III properties; Representative Hill's first amendment would have limited the cap to only the state portion of the tax.

Representative Hill's second amendment would have allowed county commissions to opt out of the cap if growth exceeded 1.5 percent in a year, which the resolution criticizes as providing counties unrestricted taxing authority.

Names Representative Mark Gidley as the runner-up for the award for introducing House Bill 128, which would have prevented municipal historic preservation commissions from designating places of worship as historic properties without consent.

The resolution uses satirical language comparing the 2024 legislative session to game shows and awards the "Shroud Award" as a humorous acknowledgment of legislative missteps.