American Legislative Exchange Council
American Legislative Exchange Council is named in 63 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1973 to 2025.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-01 | ALEC Publishes 'Essential Policy Solutions 2025' Playbook - State-Level Corporate and Income Tax Elimination Agenda, Coordination with Federal Project 2025 American Legislative Exchange Council · Lisa Nelson · Arthur Laffer · State Policy Network · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2021-03-25 | Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions Governor Brian Kemp · Georgia Republican Legislature · Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | 440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · Republican state legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie" American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-01 | CNP Coordinates National COVID-19 Anti-Lockdown Protest Movement Council for National Policy · CNP Action · Stephen Moore · Heritage Foundation · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | ALEC's Education Privatization Campaign Achieves Dominance - Model Legislation Controls Voucher Landscape Nationwide American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-15 | Utah adopts ALEC model legislation requiring legislative approval for "major" agency rules Ryan Wilcox · Daniel McCay · American Legislative Exchange Council · Utah State Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-01 | State Corporate Tax Rates Decline 33% Over Three Decades - ALEC's Interstate Race-to-Bottom Costs States $43-57 Billion Annually in Lost Revenue American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Corporate Lobby · Good Jobs First · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-06 | Kansas Legislature Overrides Brownback Veto to Repeal Failed Tax Cuts - Republican-Controlled Legislature Rejects Supply-Side Economics After Devastating 5-Year Experiment Sam Brownback · Kansas Legislature · Arthur Laffer · American Legislative Exchange Council · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-12 | West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model West Virginia Legislature · Earl Ray Tomblin · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook American Legislative Exchange Council · Bob Onder · Missouri GOP · corporate ALEC members | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-09 | Wisconsin Becomes 25th Right-to-Work State, Completing ALEC's Union Destruction Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Robin Vos · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-01 | ALEC Coordinates 139 Education Privatization Bills Across States - Systematic Public School Defunding Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · Center for Media and Democracy · K12 Inc. · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott · North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-11 | Michigan Passes Right-to-Work in Lame Duck Surprise Using Verbatim ALEC Language Rick Snyder · American Legislative Exchange Council · Mackinac Center · Michigan GOP · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-01 | ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · James Taylor · Edison Electric Institute · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2012-05-22 | Kansas Governor Brownback Signs ALEC-Laffer Tax Plan Eliminating Pass-Through Business Income Taxes - 'Kansas Experiment' Becomes Test Case for Supply-Side Economics Sam Brownback · Arthur Laffer · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kansas Legislature · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-04-13 | Major Corporate Exodus from ALEC: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, McDonald's, Wendy's, Mars, and Intuit Drop Membership After Public Pressure Campaign Color of Change · Coca-Cola · PepsiCo · Kraft Foods · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2012-03-02 | Iowa Governor Branstad Signs Nation's First Modern Ag-Gag Law Criminalizing Undercover Documentation of Agricultural Facility Abuses, Using ALEC Model Legislation to Shield Corporate Factory Farms from Whistleblower Investigations Iowa Legislature · Governor Terry Branstad · American Legislative Exchange Council · Agriculture Industry | confirmed | |
| 2012-02-01 | Indiana Becomes 23rd Right-to-Work State Using ALEC Model Legislation Mitch Daniels · American Legislative Exchange Council · Indiana Republican Party · National Right to Work Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · The Nation · Corporate members · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-01 | ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-11 | Wisconsin Act 10 Crushes Public Sector Unions Using ALEC Model Legislation Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Wisconsin GOP · Koch brothers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Arizona Becomes First State to Enact ALEC-Inspired Education Savings Accounts - Pioneering Universal Voucher Path Jan Brewer · American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · Goldwater Institute · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-23 | Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · Corrections Corporation of America · American Legislative Exchange Council · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Clint Woods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC's 'Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax' Obstructs Market-Based Climate Solutions American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-01 | Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2008-01-01 | Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Council for National Policy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Jonathan Williams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-01-01 | State Policy Network Organizational Profile: Coordinating 66 State Think Tanks for Synchronized Corporate Capture State Policy Network · Thomas A. Roe · Bradley Foundation · DonorsTrust · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases American Legislative Exchange Council · National Restaurant Association · McDonald's · Walmart · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC's Corporate 'Scholarship' Program Funds Legislator Trips to Luxury Resort Conferences American Legislative Exchange Council · PhRMA · Eli Lilly · Time Warner Cable · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools American Legislative Exchange Council · Sandy Liddy Bourne · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislators (2,000+ members) | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Brad Wiggins · John Rees · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-01 | ALEC Adopts Paycheck Protection Act to Defund Democratic Party by Restricting Union Political Activity American Legislative Exchange Council · Corporate donors · state Republican legislators · Scott Walker | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Environmental Agencies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · The Sentencing Project · Republican Governors | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network Koch Industries · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Family Foundations · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Develops Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act - Model Bill to Restrict State Revenue and Manufacture Fiscal Crisis American Legislative Exchange Council · Colorado General Assembly · Corporate funders | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1994-01-01 | ALEC Passes Three Strikes Model Legislation Co-Sponsored by Private Prison Industry and NRA American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · National Rifle Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1986-01-01 | State Policy Network (Madison Group) Founded - State-Level Think Tank Coordination Thomas A. Roe · American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · South Carolina Policy Council · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1985-01-01 | Bradley Foundation Transformation - Coordinated Conservative Infrastructure Funding Michael S. Joyce · Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation · Heritage Foundation · Federalist Society · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1984-01-01 | ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access American Legislative Exchange Council · Kathleen Teague · Edison Electric Institute · Procter & Gamble · +6 | confirmed | |
| 1981-12-01 | CNP Completes "Three-Legged Stool" with Heritage and ALEC - Coordination Infrastructure Operational Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | ALEC Establishes Cabinet Task Forces and Partners with Reagan's Task Force on Federalism American Legislative Exchange Council · Ronald Reagan · Paul Laxalt · Tom Stivers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1979-01-01 | ALEC Begins Tobacco Industry Partnership for Legislative Influence American Legislative Exchange Council · Tobacco Institute · ALEC Executive Director | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-01 | ALEC Registers as Federal Nonprofit and Moves to Washington D.C. American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich · American Conservative Union | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-01 | Paul Weyrich Becomes First Director of ALEC, Consolidating State Legislative Strategy Paul Weyrich · American Legislative Exchange Council · Henry Hyde | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-01 | ALEC Organizational Profile: Corporate Vote-Buying Mechanism Disguised as Legislative Council American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich · Henry Hyde · Lou Barnett · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1973-01-01 | ALEC Founded to Coordinate Corporate Model Legislation Across State Legislatures Paul Weyrich · Henry Hyde · American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · +2 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Koch Industries
14× shared
Heritage Foundation
13× shared
State Legislatures
11× shared
Americans for Prosperity
9× shared
ExxonMobil
8× shared
State Policy Network
7× shared
Corrections Corporation of America
6× shared
GEO Group
6× shared
Koch brothers
5× shared
Paul Weyrich
5× shared
State Legislators
5× shared
Arthur Laffer
4× shared
Bradley Foundation
4× shared
Heartland Institute
4× shared
K12 Inc.
4× shared
Center for Media and Democracy
3× shared
Council for National Policy
3× shared
DeVos family
3× shared
Edison Electric Institute
3× shared
Henry Hyde
3× shared
Jan Brewer
3× shared
Mackinac Center
3× shared
PhRMA
3× shared
Republican state legislators
3× shared
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