Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development
Task Force Description
Members of the Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force believe that economic freedom is the cornerstone of prosperity. The Task Force promotes policies that enhance competitiveness, promote employment, encourage innovation and limit government regulations imposed on business. The Task Force develops model policy to facilitate the implementation of these policies in the states and educates ALEC members through Task Force meetings, issue briefings, policy papers, and special workshops.
Major Issues
Transportation and Infrastructure—The Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force encourages the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) related to transportation infrastructure. P3s—mutually beneficial contracts between government and private sector entities to deliver public services—accelerate delivery schedules, decrease costs, and transfer risk away from the government. Members of the Task Force also support policies that give states the flexibility to determine how best to utilize their transportation dollars. This keeps decision-making in the hands of those who best know the intricacies of their state’s transportation infrastructure needs, thus providing better services at a lower cost.
Labor and Employment Reform—The Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force’s model policies on labor preserve freedom of association for employees while protecting worker choice and taxpayer dollars. To those ends, Task Force model policies promotes collective bargaining transparency, secret ballot elections, and employee choice regarding union involvement.
The Task Force also examines the effects of overly burdensome occupational licensing requirements on the economy and supports policies that allow individuals to pursue lawful occupation free from occupational regulations unrelated to public health and safety.
Financial Services—An area of policy that affects most Americans every day, the insurance, banking and lending industries are home to thousands of complex regulations. Members believe that in many instances, over-regulation of a financial tool lessens its availability and ultimately harms the consumers the regulation was intended to protect. For that reason, members of the Task Force work on model policies that allow free markets to flourish while protecting consumers.
Good Governance Practices—To ensure Americans receive the most return on their taxpayer investment, state governments should operate with transparency, accountability, and efficiency. To achieve these goals, members of the Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force have passed model policies that identify situations in which private sector involvement can provide public goods and services in a more efficient manner, provide for the detection and elimination of fraud, waste and abuse in government, and require accountability in the regulatory process. These commonsense solutions can limit the size and scope of government by streamlining the process by which the government operates.
Meeting Information
Friday, July 18, 2025
9:15 am – 12:15 pm ET
9:15 AM Call to Order
9:20 AM New Member Introductions
9:30 AM Subcommittee Reports
9:35 AM Presentation: Accessibility Policies
9:50 AM New Model Policy: Private Property Restoration Act
10:10 AM New Model Policy: FAIR (Fairness, Accountability, and Integrity in Rezoning) Zoning Act
10:30 AM New Model Policy: Ending Housing Extortion Act
10:50 AM Presentation: Digital Asset Kiosks and Digital Asset Banking
11:05 AM New Model Policy: Sound Money Act
11:25 AM Presentation: Front Page Failures Report – Michigan Case Study
11:40 AM New Model Policy: State Permit Transparency and Efficient Act
12:00 PM Member Updates and For the Good of the Order
12:15 PM Adjournment
All Model Policies
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State Act to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Owning Real Estate Draft
An Act to amend the relevant code in this state, as amended, by adding a New Article relating to prohibiting ownership and possession of real property by foreign adversaries; providing definitions; prohibiting citizens of the adversarial nations designated here who are not resident aliens or citizens of…
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Amendments to Open Access to Vertiports Act Draft
VIEW AMENDMENTS IN PDF Policy. It is the policy of this state to promote the development of a network of vertiports that will provide equitable access to citizens of this state who may benefit from advanced air mobility operations for cargo and passenger service, and to avoid any vertiport…
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Private Property Restoration Act Draft
WHEREAS, [Insert reference to Declaration of Rights provision of State Constitution, specifically reference to property rights]; and WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that government increasingly relies on regulations that consume or otherwise negatively impact the use of private property; and WHEREAS,…
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Sound Money Act Draft
Be It Enacted by the [General Assembly/Legislature] of the State of [State Name]: Findings and Purpose. The [General Assembly/Legislature] finds that: The use of gold and silver as a medium of exchange has a historical basis in fostering economic stability and individual liberty;…
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State Permit Transparency and Efficiency Act Draft
Section 1. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “State Permit Transparency and Efficiency Act.” Section 2. Legislative Findings and Intent (a) Findings. The Legislature finds that: The timely and efficient processing of permits,…
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FAIR Zoning Act Draft
FAIR (Fairness, Accountability, and Integrity in Rezoning) Zoning Act Section 1: Zoning protest prohibited Once approved, a change in regulations, restrictions, or district boundaries that expands the allowable uses of private property shall not be subject to challenge, except in a court of law and only by…