Kay Ivey calls for special legislative session to spend COVID relief funds

Governor Kay Ivey has signed a proclamation calling the Alabama Legislature into a special session to appropriate federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The Alabama Legislature will convene on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.

“While states like Alabama are making record economic comebacks, Congress and the Biden White House are wanting our country to spend more and more federal dollars, and now we are tasked with allocating the American Rescue Plan Act funds. I have made clear, that unlike Washington, D.C., Alabama will be wise with these one-time, federal dollars,” Ivey stated.

“I again urge the members of the Legislature to direct these funds to meet some of Alabama’s biggest challenges like statewide broadband connectivity, water, and sewer infrastructure, as well as investing funds in our hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers,” Ivey continued.

“We must be smart with these one-time, federal dollars by wisely investing – not just casually spending them. This is not free money.”