#Alec
Events indexed under #Alec — 60 entries in the record.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-04 | First Federal School Voucher Program Signed into Law — Tax Credit Scholarships for Private and Religious Schools in One Big Beautiful Bill
7 src Donald Trump · Linda McMahon · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | ALEC Publishes 'Essential Policy Solutions 2025' Playbook - State-Level Corporate and Income Tax Elimination Agenda, Coordination with Federal Project 2025
54 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Lisa Nelson · Arthur Laffer · State Policy Network · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-13 | Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
4 src Heritage Action · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · Brian Kemp · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-03-25 | Georgia SB 202 Enacts Comprehensive Voter Suppression with Multiple ALEC Provisions
3 src Brian Kemp · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | 440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave
3 src 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"
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | ALEC's Education Privatization Campaign Achieves Dominance - Model Legislation Controls Voucher Landscape Nationwide
5 src American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · DeVos family · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-15 | Utah adopts ALEC model legislation requiring legislative approval for "major" agency rules
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council | 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
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | 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
5 src Arthur Laffer · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success
3 src 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
3 src Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-12 | West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · State Policy Network · Americans for Prosperity | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws
3 src Oklahoma Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-09 | Wisconsin Becomes 25th Right-to-Work State, Completing ALEC's Union Destruction
3 src Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-01 | ALEC Coordinates 139 Education Privatization Bills Across States - Systematic Public School Defunding Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision
3 src 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
3 src Rick Snyder · American Legislative Exchange Council · Mackinac Center · Koch brothers | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-01 | ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · Edison Electric Institute · State Legislatures | 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
4 src Arthur Laffer · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries | 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
3 src Color of Change · American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · Common Cause | confirmed | |
| 2012-02-01 | Indiana Becomes 23rd Right-to-Work State Using ALEC Model Legislation
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · National Right to Work Committee · Koch brothers | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-01 | ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States
3 src 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
3 src Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign
3 src 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
3 src 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
4 src Jan Brewer · American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-23 | Arizona Passes SB 1070 Drafted by ALEC and Private Prison Companies
3 src Jan Brewer · Corrections Corporation of America · American Legislative Exchange Council · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Legislatures | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC's 'Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax' Obstructs Market-Based Climate Solutions
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-01 | Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Jan Brewer · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2008-01-01 | Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development
4 src 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
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Koch Industries | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · DeVos family · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Models Achieve Nationwide Adoption, Guaranteeing Private Prison Profits
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC's Corporate 'Scholarship' Program Funds Legislator Trips to Luxury Resort Conferences
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · PhRMA · Eli Lilly · State Legislatures | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-05 | ALEC's 'Environmental Literacy Improvement Act' Mandates Teaching Climate Denial in Schools
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide
5 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 1998-05-01 | ALEC Adopts Paycheck Protection Act to Defund Democratic Party by Restricting Union Political Activity
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Walker | confirmed | |
| 1998-01-01 | ALEC's 'Economic Impact Statement Act' Uses Cost-Benefit Analysis to Kill Environmental Regulations
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Legislatures | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes
16 src State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican Governors | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry
4 src 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
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corporate funders | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1994-01-01 | ALEC Passes Three Strikes Model Legislation Co-Sponsored by Private Prison Industry and NRA
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · National Rifle Association · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1984-01-01 | ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Edison Electric Institute · Eli Lilly · Donald Rumsfeld | confirmed | |
| 1981-12-01 | CNP Completes "Three-Legged Stool" with Heritage and ALEC - Coordination Infrastructure Operational
2 src 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
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1979-01-01 | ALEC Begins Tobacco Industry Partnership for Legislative Influence
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Richard Scaife · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-01 | ALEC Registers as Federal Nonprofit and Moves to Washington D.C.
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-01 | Paul Weyrich Becomes First Director of ALEC, Consolidating State Legislative Strategy
3 src Paul Weyrich · American Legislative Exchange Council · Henry Hyde | confirmed | |
| 1973-01-01 | ALEC Founded to Coordinate Corporate Model Legislation Across State Legislatures
3 src Paul Weyrich · Henry Hyde · American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · +2 | confirmed |