# Alabama HB29: Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work

Alabama HB29, Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ed Oliver (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-04 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB29
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Unemployment compensation, unemployed individual required to contact an increased number of prospective employers for each week of unemployment claimed; further providing for the meaning of failure to seek or accept suitable work
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-03-04, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: Ed Oliver (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Labor & Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (248 yes, 55 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ed Oliver (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 54 | pass | 76 | 25 | 1 |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 53 | pass | 93 | 11 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 79 | 19 | 4 |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-03-04: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2025-02-11: Lawrence 1st Amendment Offered (House)
- 2025-02-11: Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 53 (House)
- 2025-02-11: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 54 (House)
- 2025-02-11: Engrossed (House)
- 2025-02-05: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-02-05: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-02-05: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government (House)
- 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB29-int.pdf)
- Engrossed: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB29-eng.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB29-int.pdf)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB29-eng.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB29-2025rs (as of 2026-10-19).