An Alabama House committee has defeated a bill that would have kept employers from preventing workers from keeping weapons in their vehicles on company property. Members of the House Commerce Committee on Thursday by voice vote tabled action on the bill by Democratic Rep. Craig Ford of Gadsden. A similar bill by Democratic Sen. Roger Bedford of Russellville has passed the Senate, but it appears dead with just seven days remaining in the 2010 session.
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