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{{Show badges|AEX}}'''<big>Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.</big>'''
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'''<big>Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.</big>'''
  
 
'''<big>Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.'''</big>
 
'''<big>Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.'''</big>
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* [[Abbott Laboratories]]<ref name="ALEC Watch">Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, "[http://www.alecwatch.org/alecgivers.html Corporations and Trades Associations that Fund ALEC]," ''Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States: The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council'', online report, 2003</ref>
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* [[Abbott Laboratories]]<ref name="ALEC Watch">Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20031203201157/http://www.alecwatch.org/alecgivers.html Corporations and Trades Associations that Fund ALEC]," ''Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States: The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council'', online report, 2003</ref>
 
* Academic Partnerships (online higher education company), member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on March 18, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Academic Partnerships (online higher education company), member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on March 18, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Accredited Surety & Casualty Company Inc.<ref name="CLEAR">Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, [http://web.archive.org/web/200012021600/http://wyl.ewg.org/FoxProCGI.acgi$run_module?data_code=CLEAR&extra_code=group_code=ORG197&the_type=Group& Information on American Legislative Exchange Council], archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011</ref>, Gene Newman (Vice President of Industry Relations & Marketing) spoke at an ALEC workshop in 2009<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNo4VahOnE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL How to Reduce Your Prison Population and Save Money. ALEC Workshop. Part 3], videotaped workshop, December 18, 2009</ref>
 
* Accredited Surety & Casualty Company Inc.<ref name="CLEAR">Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, [http://web.archive.org/web/200012021600/http://wyl.ewg.org/FoxProCGI.acgi$run_module?data_code=CLEAR&extra_code=group_code=ORG197&the_type=Group& Information on American Legislative Exchange Council], archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011</ref>, Gene Newman (Vice President of Industry Relations & Marketing) spoke at an ALEC workshop in 2009<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNo4VahOnE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL How to Reduce Your Prison Population and Save Money. ALEC Workshop. Part 3], videotaped workshop, December 18, 2009</ref>
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* '''Advance America''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
 
* '''Advance America''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
 
* Advance Financial 24/7, "Director" Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist/>
 
* Advance Financial 24/7, "Director" Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist/>
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* Advantage Capital, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm>Nick Surgey, [https://documented.net/2019/12/revealed-alec-dec2019-meeting-registration-list/ "Revealed: ALEC Meeting Registration List, State Legislators in the Minority, Many States Unrepresented"], ''Documented'', December 6, 2019, accessed September 16, 2020.</ref>
 
* [[AES Corporation]], its IPL was a "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[AES Corporation]], its IPL was a "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[Aflac]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep">James Salzer, "[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-lobbyists-dig-deep-to-feed-lawmakers-at-bi/nmTnn/ Georgia lobbyists dig deep to feed lawmakers at bill-writing meetings]," ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'', June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20070335 Malcolm P. Smith], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* [[Aflac]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep">James Salzer, "[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-lobbyists-dig-deep-to-feed-lawmakers-at-bi/nmTnn/ Georgia lobbyists dig deep to feed lawmakers at bill-writing meetings]," ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'', June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20070335 Malcolm P. Smith], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
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* [[Alcoa]] Recycling Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Alcoa]] Recycling Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Alexander & Baldwin Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Alexander & Baldwin Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Alibaba Group, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Alkermes, Inc.''' (biotechnology company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013. </ref>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Alkermes, Inc.''' (biotechnology company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013. </ref>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Allergan]], former [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Tennessee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors">American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 4, 2011</ref> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100623051202/http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Sponsorship_Opportunities Sponsorship Opportunities at ALEC's Annual Meeting], organizational website, 2010, archived on the Wayback Machine, accessed January 24, 2012</ref> and member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and funder of ALEC's "scholarship fund."<ref>"[https://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/a/a3/BUYING_INFLUENCE_ALEC_Scholarships_by_State.pdf Buying Influence: ALEC Scholarships by State]," Center for Media and Democracy report, October 2012.</ref> Allergan told Common Cause in May 2015 that it "is no longer an active member of ALEC."<ref>Jay Riestenberg, "[http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/allergan-latest-company-to-leave-alec.html Allergan Latest Company to Leave ALEC as Pressure Builds on Pfizer]," Common Cause, May 14, 2015.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Allergan]], former [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Tennessee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors">American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 4, 2011</ref> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100623051202/http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Sponsorship_Opportunities Sponsorship Opportunities at ALEC's Annual Meeting], organizational website, 2010, archived on the Wayback Machine, accessed January 24, 2012</ref> and member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and funder of ALEC's "scholarship fund."<ref>"[https://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/a/a3/BUYING_INFLUENCE_ALEC_Scholarships_by_State.pdf Buying Influence: ALEC Scholarships by State]," Center for Media and Democracy report, October 2012.</ref> Allergan told Common Cause in May 2015 that it "is no longer an active member of ALEC."<ref>Jay Riestenberg, "[http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/allergan-latest-company-to-leave-alec.html Allergan Latest Company to Leave ALEC as Pressure Builds on Pfizer]," Common Cause, May 14, 2015.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Alliance Resource Partners]] - Alliance Resource Partners' Randy Eminger and Dan Barron attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet">David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/02/08/alecs-critical-energy-theory-bills-moving-in-four-states/ ALEC’s “Critical Energy Theory” Bills Moving in Four States], ''ExposedbyCMD'', February 8, 2022.</ref>
 
* Alliant Utilities -Interstate Power Company (now [[Alliant Energy]]),<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> which sponsored ALEC's 1998 annual meeting,<ref name="ALEC1998"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Alliant Utilities -Interstate Power Company (now [[Alliant Energy]]),<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> which sponsored ALEC's 1998 annual meeting,<ref name="ALEC1998"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* AlliedSignal Automotive (now [[Honeywell]], which is an [[#H|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* AlliedSignal Automotive (now [[Honeywell]], which is an [[#H|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''Ameren Illinois''', “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''Ameren Illinois''', “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* [[AmerenUE]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[AmerenUE]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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*American Board, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* American Chambers Life Insurance<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Chambers Life Insurance<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Cyanamid Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Cyanamid Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Amwest Surety Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Amwest Surety Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Anadarko]] Petroleum, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee," but name was misspelled as "Anadrako" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program">ALEC, [paper copy on file at CMD], ''2017 ALEC Annual Meeting Program", July 19-21, 2017.</ref>
 
* [[Anadarko]] Petroleum, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee," but name was misspelled as "Anadrako" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program">ALEC, [paper copy on file at CMD], ''2017 ALEC Annual Meeting Program", July 19-21, 2017.</ref>
* '''[[Anheuser-Busch]] Companies Inc.''' Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] and ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[Anheuser-Busch]] Companies Inc.''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23"/> ;Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] and ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[AOL]], Previously a member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITScottsdale">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 Annual Meeting August 5, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, October 27, 2011, p. 9, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TFP_2011_STFS.pdf Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Roster 2], organizational task force membership directory, March 31, 2011, p. 46, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.</ref> AOL informed Common Cause on November 10, 2014 that it had stopped funding ALEC. <ref>Nick Surgey: [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/11/12665/aol-quits-alec AOL, Owner of Huffington Post, Quits ALEC], PRWatch, November 11, 2014</ref>
 
* [[AOL]], Previously a member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITScottsdale">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 Annual Meeting August 5, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, October 27, 2011, p. 9, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TFP_2011_STFS.pdf Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Roster 2], organizational task force membership directory, March 31, 2011, p. 46, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.</ref> AOL informed Common Cause on November 10, 2014 that it had stopped funding ALEC. <ref>Nick Surgey: [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/11/12665/aol-quits-alec AOL, Owner of Huffington Post, Quits ALEC], PRWatch, November 11, 2014</ref>
 
* '''Apache''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Apache''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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* '''Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics''', Member of ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
 
* '''Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics''', Member of ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
 
* Argosy Gaming Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Argosy Gaming Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Arizona Public Service Company]]'''(APS)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/ Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed April 13, 2011. '''This page has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.'''</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would end its ALEC membership April 12, 2012,<ref>Jeremy Duda, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/aps-ending-alec-membership-srp-considers-doing-same/ APS ending ALEC membership; SRP considers doing same], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', April 12, 2012</ref> then rejoined ALEC in November 2012, paying "$7,000 in membership fees and an additional $3,000 to have a seat on ALEC’s [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]," according to the ''Arizona Capitol Times''.<ref>Luige del Puerto, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/arizona-public-service-aps-quietly-rejoined-alec-american-legislative-exchange-council-months-after-publicly-leaving-in-2012/ Months after publicly leaving ALEC in 2012, APS quietly rejoined], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', November 7, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. APS's Katie Prendergas, Rodney Ross, Michael Vargas are listed as "ALEC Private Sector Member"s in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
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* '''[[Arizona Public Service Company]]'''(APS) APS's Todd Wynn attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet"/> APS is a private sector member as of December 2021.<ref name="cet"/><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/ Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed April 13, 2011. '''This page has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.'''</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/> - APS announced it would end its ALEC membership April 12, 2012,<ref>Jeremy Duda, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/aps-ending-alec-membership-srp-considers-doing-same/ APS ending ALEC membership; SRP considers doing same], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', April 12, 2012</ref> then rejoined ALEC in November 2012, paying "$7,000 in membership fees and an additional $3,000 to have a seat on ALEC’s [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]," according to the ''Arizona Capitol Times''.<ref>Luige del Puerto, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/arizona-public-service-aps-quietly-rejoined-alec-american-legislative-exchange-council-months-after-publicly-leaving-in-2012/ Months after publicly leaving ALEC in 2012, APS quietly rejoined], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', November 7, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. APS's Katie Prendergas, Rodney Ross, Michael Vargas are listed as "ALEC Private Sector Member"s in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Artemis Exploration<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Artemis Exploration<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Arthur Anderson]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[Arthur Anderson]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* '''B3 Strategies''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].B3's Russell Smoldon is listed as an "ALEC Private Sector Member" in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* '''B3 Strategies''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].B3's Russell Smoldon is listed as an "ALEC Private Sector Member" in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
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* '''Ballard Partners''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Bank of America]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - A BofA spokesperson told Walden Asset Management that it was cutting ties to ALEC in November 2012.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11847/bank-america-cuts-ties-alec Bank of America Cuts Ties to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', November 29, 2012.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Bank of America]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - A BofA spokesperson told Walden Asset Management that it was cutting ties to ALEC in November 2012.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11847/bank-america-cuts-ties-alec Bank of America Cuts Ties to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', November 29, 2012.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Best Buy]], Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CaT_2012_STFS.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit December 1, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, April 6, 2012, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> - Best Buy told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership in 2012.<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Best Buy]], Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CaT_2012_STFS.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit December 1, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, April 6, 2012, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> - Best Buy told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership in 2012.<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* BI Incorporated (a [[GEO Group]] Company)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* BI Incorporated (a [[GEO Group]] Company)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''Binti''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* BioTown Ag, "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* BioTown Ag, "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield]]: Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCinci"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> (but a August 2013 ALEC board document suggested that the company hadn't terminated its membership until April 4, 2013, "after losing on exchanges workshop").<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield]]: Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCinci"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> (but a August 2013 ALEC board document suggested that the company hadn't terminated its membership until April 4, 2013, "after losing on exchanges workshop").<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] of Texas<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] of Texas<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Boehringer Ingelheim]]''',<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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* [[Boehringer Ingelheim]],<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> On May 19, 2020, a Boehringer Ingelheim spokesperson told Common Cause that “Boehringer Ingelheim is currently not affiliated with ALEC and will not be making any financial contributions in 2020.”<ref>Common Cause, [https://www.commoncause.org/resource/coalition-letters-to-alec-corporate-funders/ Coalition Letters to ALEC Corporate Funders], ''Common Cause'', 2020.</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Boeing]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* [[Boeing]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Bose Public Affairs Group, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* Bose Public Affairs Group, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
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* '''Brubaker and Associates''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Brubaker and Associates''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Burroughs Wellcome (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], which is an [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Burroughs Wellcome (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], which is an [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Byers, Minton & Associates, attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
  
 
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* Capelo Law Firm, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Capelo Law Firm, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Capital Focus LLC, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Capital Focus LLC, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
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*Capital Health Management, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* CARE CPA<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* CARE CPA<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Cancer Treatment Centers of America]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20150057 John Albert Counts], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* [[Cancer Treatment Centers of America]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20150057 John Albert Counts], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
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* Central Reserve Life<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Central Reserve Life<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''CenturyLink''' (formerly [[Qwest Communications]] until April 2011, preceded by US West, Inc.), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].<ref name="ITNOLA"/> <ref> ALEC: [2010 States&Nation Policy Summit Agenda http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2010_SNPS.pdf] Available through Common Cause </ref> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''CenturyLink''' (formerly [[Qwest Communications]] until April 2011, preceded by US West, Inc.), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].<ref name="ITNOLA"/> <ref> ALEC: [2010 States&Nation Policy Summit Agenda http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2010_SNPS.pdf] Available through Common Cause </ref> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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*CG Emanuel Group, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Charter Communications''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of  July 18th, 2011], organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20140113 Terri Lee Weldon], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Charter Communications''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of  July 18th, 2011], organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20140113 Terri Lee Weldon], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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*'''Charter Schools USA''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* Chemical Banking Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Chemical Banking Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Cheniere Energy]]''', joined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on May 22, 2013<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''[[Cheniere Energy]]''', joined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on May 22, 2013<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''[[Chesapeake Energy]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[Chesapeake Energy]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
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* '''Chesapeake Utilities Corporation''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "speaker"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* '''[[Chevron]] Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/>  “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''[[Chevron]] Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/>  “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Chrysler Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (ALEC Member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Chrysler Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (ALEC Member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
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* Citizens Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Citizens Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Civic Initiatives, LLC''' ("works with public sector clients to achieve maximum results from complex procurements and public-private partnerships"<ref>Civic Initiatives, [http://www.civicinitiatives.com/focus.html Focus], firm website, accessed August 31, 2011</ref>), ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
 
* '''Civic Initiatives, LLC''' ("works with public sector clients to achieve maximum results from complex procurements and public-private partnerships"<ref>Civic Initiatives, [http://www.civicinitiatives.com/focus.html Focus], firm website, accessed August 31, 2011</ref>), ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
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* '''Class Wallet''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* Clearpath, "Chairman Level" sponsor of the ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Clearpath, "Chairman Level" sponsor of the ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* '''[[Cleco]]''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''[[Cleco]]''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* [[Cloud Peak Energy]], '''Went bankrupt on May 10, 2019.'''<ref>Lee Fang, [https://theintercept.com/2019/05/16/coal-industry-climate-change-denial-cloud-peak-energy/ A MAJOR COAL COMPANY WENT BUST. ITS BANKRUPTCY FILING SHOWS THAT IT WAS FUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM.], ''The Intercept'', May 16, 2019.</ref>; former ember of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>  
 
* [[Cloud Peak Energy]], '''Went bankrupt on May 10, 2019.'''<ref>Lee Fang, [https://theintercept.com/2019/05/16/coal-industry-climate-change-denial-cloud-peak-energy/ A MAJOR COAL COMPANY WENT BUST. ITS BANKRUPTCY FILING SHOWS THAT IT WAS FUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM.], ''The Intercept'', May 16, 2019.</ref>; former ember of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>  
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* CMI Communications, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* Colorado Legislative Services, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Colorado Legislative Services, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Comfort Dental, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* Comfort Dental, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
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* '''CQ Roll Call''' (state legislative tracking and online advocacy tools business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''CQ Roll Call''' (state legislative tracking and online advocacy tools business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''[[CSX]] Corporation''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and “Leadership Dinner” sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''[[CSX]] Corporation''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and “Leadership Dinner” sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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*'''Curriculum Associates''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* CVS Caremark Corporation, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> - CVS Caremark told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had discontinued its ALEC membership.'''<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* CVS Caremark Corporation, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> - CVS Caremark told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had discontinued its ALEC membership.'''<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*Cyber Intelligent Partners, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* Cyprus AMAX Minerals Co. (now part of [[Freeport-McMoran]], which is an [[#F|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Cyprus AMAX Minerals Co. (now part of [[Freeport-McMoran]], which is an [[#F|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
  
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* [[Dell]], Inc., ALEC [[Education Task Force]] member<ref name="EdMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Education Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> - Dell confirmed on June 21, 2012 that it would not be renewing its ALEC membership.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/06/11602/dude-youre-getting-dumped-dell-computers-20th-corporation-dump-alec Dude, You're Getting Dumped: Dell Computers is 20th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', June 21, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Dell]], Inc., ALEC [[Education Task Force]] member<ref name="EdMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Education Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 5, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> - Dell confirmed on June 21, 2012 that it would not be renewing its ALEC membership.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/06/11602/dude-youre-getting-dumped-dell-computers-20th-corporation-dump-alec Dude, You're Getting Dumped: Dell Computers is 20th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', June 21, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Del Webb Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Del Webb Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Delve LLC, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* DentaQuest, "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* DentaQuest, "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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*DEPCOM, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''[[Deseret Power Electric Cooperative]]''', Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* '''[[Deseret Power Electric Cooperative]]''', Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* [[Detroit Edison]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Detroit Edison]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Digital Products Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Digital Products Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[DirecTV]] Group, Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
 
* [[DirecTV]] Group, Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
* '''[[Dominion]] Resources Services, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
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* '''[[Dominion]] Resources Services, Inc.''', Dominion emailed the Center for Media and Democracy that, "We are not members of ALEC and have not paid dues in many years." Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. Former member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
 
* Douglass Financial Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Douglass Financial Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Dow Chemical Company]]''' '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Dow confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' Dow is one of the [["Big 6" Biotech Corporations]]),<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] member<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>.  
 
* '''[[Dow Chemical Company]]''' '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Dow confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' Dow is one of the [["Big 6" Biotech Corporations]]),<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] member<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>.  
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* EMD Serono, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on April 22, 2013 due to "budget cuts," according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* EMD Serono, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on April 22, 2013 due to "budget cuts," according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Emerson Electric Co., ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] member,<ref name="TaxMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> told Walden Asset Management that it had cut ties with ALEC in November 2014.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/11/12669/emerson-electric-latest-confirm-alec-exit Emerson Electric Latest to Confirm ALEC Exit], ''PRWatch'', November 14, 2014.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Emerson Electric Co., ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] member,<ref name="TaxMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> told Walden Asset Management that it had cut ties with ALEC in November 2014.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/11/12669/emerson-electric-latest-confirm-alec-exit Emerson Electric Latest to Confirm ALEC Exit], ''PRWatch'', November 14, 2014.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*Empowerment Enterprises, Inc., attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''[[EnCana Corporation]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[EnCana Corporation]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Endo Pharmaceuticals, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCharlotte"/>. Endo confirmed to Trillium Asset Management that it stopped supporting ALEC in 2012, in response to shareholder resolutions submitted to Endo.<ref name="Xcel Endo"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Endo Pharmaceuticals, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCharlotte"/>. Endo confirmed to Trillium Asset Management that it stopped supporting ALEC in 2012, in response to shareholder resolutions submitted to Endo.<ref name="Xcel Endo"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''[[Energy Solutions|EnergySolutions]]''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/> Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for July 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> - told the ''Salt Lake City Tribune'' in July 2012 that there was no longer "a need for [EnergySolutions] to be a part of" ALEC<ref>Robert Gehrke, ''[http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54485756-90/alec-utah-legislation-group.html.csp ALEC bringing its clout, agenda and convention to Utah], ''Salt Lake City Tribune'', July 14, 2012</ref> but still listed as member of host committee in July 25-29, 2012 meeting brochure and rejoined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on June 12, 2013.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* '''[[Energy Solutions|EnergySolutions]]''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/> Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for July 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> - told the ''Salt Lake City Tribune'' in July 2012 that there was no longer "a need for [EnergySolutions] to be a part of" ALEC<ref>Robert Gehrke, ''[http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54485756-90/alec-utah-legislation-group.html.csp ALEC bringing its clout, agenda and convention to Utah], ''Salt Lake City Tribune'', July 14, 2012</ref> but still listed as member of host committee in July 25-29, 2012 meeting brochure and rejoined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on June 12, 2013.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* '''Energy Transfer''' (natural gas transportation company), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Energy Transfer''' (natural gas transportation company), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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*Engage To Win, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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* Enova International, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[Enron]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Enron]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Entergy]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>, member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> - told Walden Asset Management in August 2012 that it did not renew its ALEC membership in 2012.<ref name="33-38">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11724/six-more-corporations-dump-alec-38-companies-have-now-cut-ties-corporate-bill-mil Six More Corporations Dump ALEC; 38 Companies Have Now Cut Ties with Corporate Bill Mill], ''PRWatch.org'', August 27, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Entergy]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>, member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> - told Walden Asset Management in August 2012 that it did not renew its ALEC membership in 2012.<ref name="33-38">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11724/six-more-corporations-dump-alec-38-companies-have-now-cut-ties-corporate-bill-mil Six More Corporations Dump ALEC; 38 Companies Have Now Cut Ties with Corporate Bill Mill], ''PRWatch.org'', August 27, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*Enterprise Holdings, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Environmental Management Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Environmental Management Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Excel Telecommunications<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Excel Telecommunications<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Facebook, member of Communication and Technology Task Force in 2013.<ref name="beasttech">[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/15/yelp-joins-with-advocacy-group-alec-to-fight-slapp-lawsuits.html Yelp Joins With Advocacy Group ALEC to Fight SLAPP Lawsuits], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 15, 2013</ref> A Facebook rep told the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' on September 23, 2014 it would not renew its membership in 2015: “We re-evaluate our memberships on an annual basis and are in that process now. While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015.” <ref> Joe Garofoll, [http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Facebook-to-cut-ties-with-conservative-policy-5776055.php Facebook to cut ties with conservative policy group], San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2014. </ref>
 
* Facebook, member of Communication and Technology Task Force in 2013.<ref name="beasttech">[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/15/yelp-joins-with-advocacy-group-alec-to-fight-slapp-lawsuits.html Yelp Joins With Advocacy Group ALEC to Fight SLAPP Lawsuits], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 15, 2013</ref> A Facebook rep told the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' on September 23, 2014 it would not renew its membership in 2015: “We re-evaluate our memberships on an annual basis and are in that process now. While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015.” <ref> Joe Garofoll, [http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Facebook-to-cut-ties-with-conservative-policy-5776055.php Facebook to cut ties with conservative policy group], San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2014. </ref>
 
* Faegre Baker Daniels, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* Faegre Baker Daniels, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>  
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* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
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*Falcon Inc, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''[[Farmers Group, Inc.]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
 
* '''[[Farmers Group, Inc.]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
 
* '''Farmers Insurance''', "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Farmers Insurance''', "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* First Chicago NBD<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* First Chicago NBD<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* '''FirstRule''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]] Sponsored ALEC Annual Meeting 2019 Leadership Dinner<ref> Tim Jones [https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones/status/1162163667691065346?s=20 Our name...in lights!] Tweet, August 15, 2019</ref>
 
* '''FirstRule''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]] Sponsored ALEC Annual Meeting 2019 Leadership Dinner<ref> Tim Jones [https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones/status/1162163667691065346?s=20 Our name...in lights!] Tweet, August 15, 2019</ref>
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* '''First Solar''', former ALEC donor. On June 23, 2021, First Solar's Colin Meehan wrote to Common Cause, "I wish to clarify that First Solar has made no donations to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since 2019...Organizations that seek to disenfranchise American voters and undermine our nation’s democratic values have no place in our engagement strategy." [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Fleet Bank (now part of [[Bank of America]], which is an [[#B|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Fleet Bank (now part of [[Bank of America]], which is an [[#B|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Florida Gas Transmission Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Florida Gas Transmission Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''Florida Power and Light''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* Florida Power Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Florida Power Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Florida Public Utilities, exhibited at the 2023 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref>Victoria Price Langan,[https://web.archive.org/web/20230726191222/https://twitter.com/victoriaaprice4/status/1684253596689235980?s=20 Tweet], ''Twitter'', July 26, 2023.</ref>
 
* [[Ford]] Motor Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref>Nick Surgey, "[http://www.alternet.org/environment/ford-revealed-funder-climate-denial-group-alec Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]," ''Alternet'', November 7, 2015.</ref> (member of Private Enterprise Board in 1999)<ref>Michael Flynn, ALEC Director of Legislation and Policy, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/g/m/lgm99h00/Slgm99h00.pdf Letter to U.S. Senate] (available through the Tobacco Library), April 7, 1999</ref> In February 2016, Ford confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC. "As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD.<ref>Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', February 17, 2016.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Ford]] Motor Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref>Nick Surgey, "[http://www.alternet.org/environment/ford-revealed-funder-climate-denial-group-alec Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]," ''Alternet'', November 7, 2015.</ref> (member of Private Enterprise Board in 1999)<ref>Michael Flynn, ALEC Director of Legislation and Policy, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/g/m/lgm99h00/Slgm99h00.pdf Letter to U.S. Senate] (available through the Tobacco Library), April 7, 1999</ref> In February 2016, Ford confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC. "As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD.<ref>Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', February 17, 2016.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Fort Howard Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Koch Industries]]' [[Georgia-Pacific]] -- both are [[#K|ALEC]] [[#G|members]])
 
* Fort Howard Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Koch Industries]]' [[Georgia-Pacific]] -- both are [[#K|ALEC]] [[#G|members]])
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*FortiFi (formerly E3/Energy Efficient Equity), member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Fontem Ventures''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Fontem Ventures''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Fremont Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Fremont Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Fremont Pacific Compensation Insurance Group (now Pacific Compensation Insurance Company)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Fremont Pacific Compensation Insurance Group (now Pacific Compensation Insurance Company)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Fresenius Medical Care, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* Frito-Lay Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Frito-Lay Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Frontier''', "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Frontier''', "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
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* '''Genesee & Wyoming Inc.''' ("short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium"<ref>Genesee & Wyoming Inc., [http://www.gwrr.com/about_us About Us], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Genesee & Wyoming Inc.''' ("short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium"<ref>Genesee & Wyoming Inc., [http://www.gwrr.com/about_us About Us], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* [[Geo Group]], listed expenditure for "ALEC AZ Night Washington D.C." on its 2009 Arizona Lobbying Report<ref>Arizona Secretary of State, [http://www.azsos.gov/scripts/Lobbyist_Search.dll/ZoomPPB_REP?PPB_ID=105423&REP_YEAR=2009 Principal/Public Body Report Details for Year 2009], online state corporation lobby report, December 4, 2009, accessed September 2012</ref> and for "Dinner for ALEC Washington D.C" on its 2008 Arizona Lobbying Report<ref>Arizona Secretary of State, [http://www.azsos.gov/scripts/Lobbyist_Search.dll/ZoomPPB_REP?PPB_ID=105423&REP_YEAR=2008 Principal/Public Body Report Details for Year 2008], online state corporation lobby report, December 3, 2008, accessed September 2012</ref>
 
* [[Geo Group]], listed expenditure for "ALEC AZ Night Washington D.C." on its 2009 Arizona Lobbying Report<ref>Arizona Secretary of State, [http://www.azsos.gov/scripts/Lobbyist_Search.dll/ZoomPPB_REP?PPB_ID=105423&REP_YEAR=2009 Principal/Public Body Report Details for Year 2009], online state corporation lobby report, December 4, 2009, accessed September 2012</ref> and for "Dinner for ALEC Washington D.C" on its 2008 Arizona Lobbying Report<ref>Arizona Secretary of State, [http://www.azsos.gov/scripts/Lobbyist_Search.dll/ZoomPPB_REP?PPB_ID=105423&REP_YEAR=2008 Principal/Public Body Report Details for Year 2008], online state corporation lobby report, December 3, 2008, accessed September 2012</ref>
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*Geomancer, Inc., member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* George K. Baum & Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* George K. Baum & Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Georgia Chemistry Council, lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015 <ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/>
 
* Georgia Chemistry Council, lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015 <ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/>
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*Halstead Bead, Inc., member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* Hancor, Inc. (now part of Advanced Drainage Systems)<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Hancor, Inc. (now part of Advanced Drainage Systems)<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Hanover Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Hanover Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Harris Deville & Associates''' (public relations & lobbying), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and Louisiana Host Committee member<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Harris Deville & Associates''' (public relations & lobbying), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and Louisiana Host Committee member<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* Harris Trust and Savings Bank ([[Harris Bank]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Harris Trust and Savings Bank ([[Harris Bank]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* '''HCA''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* Henkel (German consumer products firm)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Henkel (German consumer products firm)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Hickam Public Affairs, Inc., attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
 
* Hiram Walker & Sons Inc. (now owned by Pernod Ricard)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Hiram Walker & Sons Inc. (now owned by Pernod Ricard)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Hoechst-Roussell Pharmaceutical Corporation, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Hoechst-Roussell Pharmaceutical Corporation, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
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* [[Homestake Mining]] Co. (now part of [[Barrick Gold]] Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Homestake Mining]] Co. (now part of [[Barrick Gold]] Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Honeywell]]''', '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Honeywell confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.'''Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''[[Honeywell]]''', '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Honeywell confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.'''Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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*Hoplin Jackson Charitable Advisors, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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*Horizon Government Affairs, attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
 
* Household International<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Household International<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Houston Industries<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Houston Industries<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] Pharmaceuticals (acquired by [[AkzoNobel]] in January 2008),<ref>AkzoNobel [http://www.akzonobel.com/news/information_former_ici/ Information about the former ICI], press release, accessed April 21, 2009.</ref> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] Pharmaceuticals (acquired by [[AkzoNobel]] in January 2008),<ref>AkzoNobel [http://www.akzonobel.com/news/information_former_ici/ Information about the former ICI], press release, accessed April 21, 2009.</ref> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Independence Mining Co. (now owned by General Metals Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Independence Mining Co. (now owned by General Metals Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico (IPANM), attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
 
* Industrial Biotechnology Association, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Industrial Biotechnology Association, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Inland Steel Industries<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Inland Steel Industries<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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===J===
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*J3 Strategies, Ltd., attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Meeting<ref name=alm/>
 
* Jack Daniels, "Vice Chairman Level Sponsor" of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
 
* Jack Daniels, "Vice Chairman Level Sponsor" of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
 
* '''Jacobs Entertainment''' (film buying and marketing firm<ref>Jacobs Entertainment, [http://www.jacobsentertainment.com/about.php About], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Jacobs Entertainment''' (film buying and marketing firm<ref>Jacobs Entertainment, [http://www.jacobsentertainment.com/about.php About], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
* JC Penney Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*JBest & Company, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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* JC Penney Co. '''In June, 2020, JC Penny informed the Center for Media and Democracy that it is not a member of ALEC. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.'''<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[John Deere]] & Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - '''John Deere told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is leaving ALEC.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[John Deere]] & Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - '''John Deere told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is leaving ALEC.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Johnson & Johnson]]<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>  - Announced on June 12, 2012, that it would "suspend" its ALEC membership.<ref>Salvador Rizzo, [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/johnson_johnson_becomes_first.html Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC], ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'', June 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Johnson & Johnson]]<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>  - Announced on June 12, 2012, that it would "suspend" its ALEC membership.<ref>Salvador Rizzo, [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/johnson_johnson_becomes_first.html Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC], ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'', June 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Kansas City Southern''' (an "international transportation holding company" that owns, among other things, the Panama Canal Railway Company), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Kansas City Southern''' (an "international transportation holding company" that owns, among other things, the Panama Canal Railway Company), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>
 
* Kaplan Higher Education, Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - Kaplan  announced in April 2012 that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership in August 2011.<ref>David Halperin, [http://www.republicreport.org/2012/wash-post-kaplan-alec/ Exclusive: Washington Post’s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC, Controversial Special Interest Lobby], ''Republic Report'', April 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Kaplan Higher Education, Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - Kaplan  announced in April 2012 that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership in August 2011.<ref>David Halperin, [http://www.republicreport.org/2012/wash-post-kaplan-alec/ Exclusive: Washington Post’s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC, Controversial Special Interest Lobby], ''Republic Report'', April 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*Kipling Strategies, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Know Who''' (political contact information company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Know Who''' (political contact information company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''[[Koch Industries]]''' and '''[[Koch Industries]] Public Sector''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kansas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref> Koch Industries is also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[Koch Industries]]''' and '''[[Koch Industries]] Public Sector''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>; attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector member"<ref name="am23"/>; Koch Companies Public Sector's Michael Morgan attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet"/>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kansas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref> Koch Industries is also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Kraft]] Food, Inc., Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would leave ALEC April 5, 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 UPDATE 4-Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law (Adds Kraft Statement)], ''Reuters'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Kraft]] Food, Inc., Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would leave ALEC April 5, 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 UPDATE 4-Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law (Adds Kraft Statement)], ''Reuters'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
  
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* Laidlaw Transit Ltd.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Laidlaw Transit Ltd.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* LaSalle National Bank<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* LaSalle National Bank<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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*Lashutka Group, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''Leadership Directories, Inc.''' (political contact information business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Leadership Directories, Inc.''' (political contact information business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Leavitt Partners''' (Utah healthcare and food safety business advisory firm) - Director Cheryl S. Smith spoke on "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!" at ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting<ref name="Workshop #8">American Legislative Exchange Council, Workshop #8: "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
 
* '''Leavitt Partners''' (Utah healthcare and food safety business advisory firm) - Director Cheryl S. Smith spoke on "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!" at ALEC's 2011 Annual Meeting<ref name="Workshop #8">American Legislative Exchange Council, Workshop #8: "Health Insurance Exchanges: States in Charge!," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
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* Lexington National Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Lexington National Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''LifeSafer Interlock Holdings, Inc.''' (manufacturer of ignition interlocks to be installed in the vehicles of DUI offenders), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''LifeSafer Interlock Holdings, Inc.''' (manufacturer of ignition interlocks to be installed in the vehicles of DUI offenders), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Linn Energy''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Linn Energy''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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* '''[[Management and Training Corporation]]''' (third-largest private prison company in the United States), attended ALEC 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego<ref>Laura Elliott, [http://dbapress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ALEC-AZ-Ash-Farnsworth-Tobin-Lesko-Kavanagh-Smoldon-Leal-2011.pdf Fwd: State Chairs Mailing - AZ], email to Debbie Lesko, July 7, 2010, obtained via open records request by Beau Hodai, ''DBA Press'', pp. 81-83 of PDF.</ref>
 
* '''[[Management and Training Corporation]]''' (third-largest private prison company in the United States), attended ALEC 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego<ref>Laura Elliott, [http://dbapress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ALEC-AZ-Ash-Farnsworth-Tobin-Lesko-Kavanagh-Smoldon-Leal-2011.pdf Fwd: State Chairs Mailing - AZ], email to Debbie Lesko, July 7, 2010, obtained via open records request by Beau Hodai, ''DBA Press'', pp. 81-83 of PDF.</ref>
 
* '''[[Marathon]] Petroleum Co.'''<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. Note: in 2011, Marathon Petroleum and Marathon Oil [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.marathon.com/ became separate companies]. Marathon Petroleum has remained active at ALEC.
 
* '''[[Marathon]] Petroleum Co.'''<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. Note: in 2011, Marathon Petroleum and Marathon Oil [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.marathon.com/ became separate companies]. Marathon Petroleum has remained active at ALEC.
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*Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[Mars]] Inc., Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> - announced April 12, 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11438/mars-and-arizona-public-service-dump-alec Mars and Arizona Public Service Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Mars]] Inc., Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> - announced April 12, 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11438/mars-and-arizona-public-service-dump-alec Mars and Arizona Public Service Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* Mary Kay Cosmetics<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Mary Kay Cosmetics<ref name="CLEAR"/> - wrote to CMD on July 6, 2020 that it does not "currently fund, sponsor or support ALEC.See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Maximus<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Maximus<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Mayflower Contract Services Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Mayflower Contract Services Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[McDonald's]] Corporation, former ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> <ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced April 10, 2012, that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership<ref>Andy Kroll, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/mcdonalds-alec-pepsi-kraft-voter-id Exclusive: McDonald's Says It Has Dumped ALEC], ''Mother Jones'', April 10, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[McDonald's]] Corporation, former ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> <ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced April 10, 2012, that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership<ref>Andy Kroll, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/mcdonalds-alec-pepsi-kraft-voter-id Exclusive: McDonald's Says It Has Dumped ALEC], ''Mother Jones'', April 10, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''McLane Company, Inc.''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''McLane Company, Inc.''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
* '''[[McKesson]] Corporation''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[McKesson]] Corporation''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]; member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[McKinsey & Company]], [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] Member in 2008 (partner Jeffrey Lane)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>
 
* [[McKinsey & Company]], [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] Member in 2008 (partner Jeffrey Lane)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>
 
* '''McMoRan Exploration Company''' ("exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area... focused on the 'deep gas play,' drilling to depths of 15,000 to 25,000 feet... and on the 'ultra-deep gas play' below 25,000 feet," principal operating subsidiary MOXY<ref>McMoRan Exploration Company, [http://www.mcmoran.com/about_us.htm About Us], corporate website, accessed April 13, 20012</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''McMoRan Exploration Company''' ("exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area... focused on the 'deep gas play,' drilling to depths of 15,000 to 25,000 feet... and on the 'ultra-deep gas play' below 25,000 feet," principal operating subsidiary MOXY<ref>McMoRan Exploration Company, [http://www.mcmoran.com/about_us.htm About Us], corporate website, accessed April 13, 20012</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[MDU Resources Group]], Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
 
* '''[[MDU Resources Group]], Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
 
* [[Medco]] Health Solutions, Inc., Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> - merged with Express Scripts in April 2012 and announced in July 2012 that both Medco and Express Scripts were no longer ALEC members<ref>ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/13/colorofchange-applauds-express-scriptsmedcos-decis/ ColorOfChange Applauds Express Scripts/Medco's Decision to End its Membership in ALEC: Company is 26th to Leave the American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 13, 2012</ref> (although, according to an ALEC document, it did not terminate its membership in the HHS task force until February 25, 2013, giving as its reason that it had "merged with Express Scripts," which had "dropped b/c of PBM issue" (?).<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Medco]] Health Solutions, Inc., Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> - merged with Express Scripts in April 2012 and announced in July 2012 that both Medco and Express Scripts were no longer ALEC members<ref>ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/13/colorofchange-applauds-express-scriptsmedcos-decis/ ColorOfChange Applauds Express Scripts/Medco's Decision to End its Membership in ALEC: Company is 26th to Leave the American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 13, 2012</ref> (although, according to an ALEC document, it did not terminate its membership in the HHS task force until February 25, 2013, giving as its reason that it had "merged with Express Scripts," which had "dropped b/c of PBM issue" (?).<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*Medica, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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*MEDNAX Health Solutions Partner, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* MEGA Life & Health Insurance<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* MEGA Life & Health Insurance<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Merck]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/> - told the ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'' in September 2012 that it would not renew its ALEC membership after 2012.<ref name="39-40"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Merck]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/> - told the ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'' in September 2012 that it would not renew its ALEC membership after 2012.<ref name="39-40"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[MidAmerican Energy Company]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xlw76d00/pdf 1998 Annual Meeting brochure], organizational document, August 18-22, 1998, made public as part of the Tobacco Library.</ref><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[Berkshire Hathaway]] Energy), sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace">Greenpeace, [http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/05/01/greenpeace-confirms-six-utilities-quietly-dumped-alec/ Greenpeace Confirms Six Utilities Quietly Dumped ALEC], organizational blog post, May 1, 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[MidAmerican Energy Company]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xlw76d00/pdf 1998 Annual Meeting brochure], organizational document, August 18-22, 1998, made public as part of the Tobacco Library.</ref><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[Berkshire Hathaway]] Energy), sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace">Greenpeace, [http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/05/01/greenpeace-confirms-six-utilities-quietly-dumped-alec/ Greenpeace Confirms Six Utilities Quietly Dumped ALEC], organizational blog post, May 1, 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''[[Midwest Generation]]''', sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''[[Midwest Generation]]''', sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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*Miller Marketing, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[MillerCoors]] Brewing Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] in 2011<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - MillerCoors told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its membership in 2012, nor does it intend to.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> For more, see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]].
 
* [[MillerCoors]] Brewing Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] in 2011<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - MillerCoors told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its membership in 2012, nor does it intend to.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> For more, see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]].
 
* '''Milliken & Co.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] in 2011<ref name="PSENOLA"/>
 
* '''Milliken & Co.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] in 2011<ref name="PSENOLA"/>
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*Mississippi Power, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''MMR Group''' (Electrical & Instrumentation Construction, Maintenance, Management, and Technical Services company<ref>MMR Group, [http://www.mmrgrp.com/index.php/about-us/ About Us], company website, accessed September 1, 2011</ref>), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member in 2011<ref name="PSEMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Public Safety and Elections Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
 
* '''MMR Group''' (Electrical & Instrumentation Construction, Maintenance, Management, and Technical Services company<ref>MMR Group, [http://www.mmrgrp.com/index.php/about-us/ About Us], company website, accessed September 1, 2011</ref>), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member in 2011<ref name="PSEMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Public Safety and Elections Task Force Meeting," agenda and meeting materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
 
* Mobil Oil Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[Exxon Mobil]], a current [[#E|ALEC member]])
 
* Mobil Oil Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[Exxon Mobil]], a current [[#E|ALEC member]])
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* '''Oncor''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''Oncor''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''OptumInsight''' (previously [[Ingenix]], which was a wholly owned subsidiary of [[UnitedHealth Group]] and was sued for fraud by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in 2008 and "agreed to put $350 million into a class-action restitution fund to pay physicians and policyholders for services provided by out-of-network providers."<ref>[http://www.newsinferno.com/archive/aetna-cigna-insurance-reimbursement-lawsuit-ama/ Cigna and Aetna Named in Ingenix Reimbursement Lawsuit], ''NewsInferno'', February 11, 2009</ref> The Optum health service businesses have a new name but are still subsidiaries of [[UnitedHealth Group]].<ref>Zacks Investment Research, [http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2011/08/31/unitedhealth-stays-neutral/ UnitedHealth Stays Neutral], ''Daily Markets'', August 31, 2011</ref>): Representatives Tom McGraw, Vice President of Government Program Integrity, and Wayne Neff, Senior Vice President of OptumHealthPublic Sector, spoke at a "Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use" workshop at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref name="Workshop #3">American Legislative Exchange Council, Workshop #3: "The Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use," speaker biographies and materials, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
 
* '''OptumInsight''' (previously [[Ingenix]], which was a wholly owned subsidiary of [[UnitedHealth Group]] and was sued for fraud by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in 2008 and "agreed to put $350 million into a class-action restitution fund to pay physicians and policyholders for services provided by out-of-network providers."<ref>[http://www.newsinferno.com/archive/aetna-cigna-insurance-reimbursement-lawsuit-ama/ Cigna and Aetna Named in Ingenix Reimbursement Lawsuit], ''NewsInferno'', February 11, 2009</ref> The Optum health service businesses have a new name but are still subsidiaries of [[UnitedHealth Group]].<ref>Zacks Investment Research, [http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2011/08/31/unitedhealth-stays-neutral/ UnitedHealth Stays Neutral], ''Daily Markets'', August 31, 2011</ref>): Representatives Tom McGraw, Vice President of Government Program Integrity, and Wayne Neff, Senior Vice President of OptumHealthPublic Sector, spoke at a "Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use" workshop at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref name="Workshop #3">American Legislative Exchange Council, Workshop #3: "The Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use," speaker biographies and materials, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>
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* '''Oracle''', ALEC member as of December 2022 and disclosed paying between $10,000 - $24,999 to ALEC<ref>Oracle, [https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/2022-political-activity.pdf Oracle Corporation
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2022 Political Activity Report]. ''Oracle'', 2022.</ref>
 
* '''Orchid Cellmark''', Member of ALEC's [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] (the task force that approved ALEC's "[https://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/d/d9/7G16-VOTER_ID_ACT_Exposed.pdf Voter ID]" and "[https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Castle_Doctrine Castle Doctrine]" "model" bills) before it was disbanded in April 2012<ref name="PSENOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_PSE_2011_STFS.pdf Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes], organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
 
* '''Orchid Cellmark''', Member of ALEC's [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] (the task force that approved ALEC's "[https://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/d/d9/7G16-VOTER_ID_ACT_Exposed.pdf Voter ID]" and "[https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Castle_Doctrine Castle Doctrine]" "model" bills) before it was disbanded in April 2012<ref name="PSENOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_PSE_2011_STFS.pdf Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes], organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
 
* Outback Steak House,<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>
 
* Outback Steak House,<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>
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* Parke-Davis, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Parke-Davis, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* '''Parquet Public Affairs''' (Orlando, Washington, and New York PR firm),<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* '''Parquet Public Affairs''' (Orlando, Washington, and New York PR firm),<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
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*Patriot Consulting Maine, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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* Pattern Energy Group (PEG) - PEG's Steve Caminati attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet"/> As of December 2021, Pattern Energy is a private sector member of ALEC.<ref name="cet"/>
 
* '''[[Peabody Energy]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois and Wyoming,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> 2011 winner of ALEC's [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> gave $2,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in January 2010 and another $2,000 in July 2010,<ref name="AZSchol$"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]].<ref name="EEADC"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''[[Peabody Energy]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois and Wyoming,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> 2011 winner of ALEC's [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> gave $2,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in January 2010 and another $2,000 in July 2010,<ref name="AZSchol$"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]].<ref name="EEADC"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Pelopidas, LLC''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Pelopidas, LLC''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* [[Pepco Holdings]], ALEC funder in 2002<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/>
 
* [[Pepco Holdings]], ALEC funder in 2002<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/>
 
* [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> - informed Color of Change in a letter dated January 25th that they would not renew their membership in ALEC in 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller: [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 Coke Withdraws from Group that Backs Stand Your Ground Law]Reuters, Accessed April 19th, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> - informed Color of Change in a letter dated January 25th that they would not renew their membership in ALEC in 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller: [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 Coke Withdraws from Group that Backs Stand Your Ground Law]Reuters, Accessed April 19th, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Pfizer]] Inc.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. "Chairman Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
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*Petra Strategies, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
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* '''[[Pfizer]] Inc.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> - wrote to Common Cause in June 2021 that it had "decided to discontinue our membership in ALEC. Pfizer has not provided any financial support to ALEC in 2021.”<ref>David Armiak, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/06/16/pfizer-dumps-alec/ Pfizer Dumps ALEC], ''ExposedbyCMD'', June 16, 2021.</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. Former[[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. "Chairman Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
 
* PFL Life Insurance Company,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* PFL Life Insurance Company,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[PG&E|PG&E Corporation]] (parent of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]), ALEC funder in 2010 ($5,000),<ref>Pacific Gas & Electric Company, [https://www.pge.com/regulation/GO_77M/GO_77M-2010-Redacted.pdf Redacted Report of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pursuant to General Order No. 77-M For the Year Ended December 31, 2010], corporate annual report, 2010, p. 116.</ref> 2002,<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/> and advertised in program for 1998 ALEC 25th Anniversary Annual Conference,<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[PG&E|PG&E Corporation]] (parent of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]), ALEC funder in 2010 ($5,000),<ref>Pacific Gas & Electric Company, [https://www.pge.com/regulation/GO_77M/GO_77M-2010-Redacted.pdf Redacted Report of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pursuant to General Order No. 77-M For the Year Ended December 31, 2010], corporate annual report, 2010, p. 116.</ref> 2002,<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/> and advertised in program for 1998 ALEC 25th Anniversary Annual Conference,<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* Philip Morris Companies (now [[Altria]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Philip Morris Companies (now [[Altria]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Phillips 66 Petroleum<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[ConocoPhillips]])
 
* Phillips 66 Petroleum<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[ConocoPhillips]])
* '''[[Pinnacle West Capital]]''', member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Natural_Resources1 Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed May 26, 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.</ref><ref name="EEADC"/> and gave $5,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in December 2010<ref name="AZSchol$"/>
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* '''[[Pinnacle West Capital]]''' (PWC) - PWC's Michael Vargas attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet"/> As of December 2021, PWC is a private sector member of ALEC.<ref name="cet"/> PWC member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Natural_Resources1 Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed May 26, 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.</ref><ref name="EEADC"/> and gave $5,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in December 2010<ref name="AZSchol$"/>
 
* Piedmont Natural Gas, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Piedmont Natural Gas, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Pioneer Financial Services<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Pioneer Financial Services<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Promus Companies<ref name="CLEAR"/> (hotel management company that owned Holiday Inn and later Doubletree and Harrah's and is now owned by [[Hilton Hotels]])
 
* Promus Companies<ref name="CLEAR"/> (hotel management company that owned Holiday Inn and later Doubletree and Harrah's and is now owned by [[Hilton Hotels]])
 
* [[Prudential Financial]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Prudential Financial]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''Public Affairs Consultants''', attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member"<ref name="am23">ExposedbyCMD, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/featured-documents/florida-registration-list-for-2023-alec-annual-meeting/ Florida Registration List for 2023 ALEC Annual Meeting], ''ExposedbyCMD'', October 23, 2023.</ref>
 
* '''PublicData''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''PublicData''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Publix Super Markets, Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] as of 2011,<ref name="TaxCinci"/> announced on June 24, 2013 via social media that it had "not been a member of ALEC since 2011."<ref>Publix, [https://twitter.com/Publix/status/349151279764889601 @xultar Publix has not been a member of ALEC since 2011. ^BK], ''Twitter'', June 24, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Publix Super Markets, Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] as of 2011,<ref name="TaxCinci"/> announced on June 24, 2013 via social media that it had "not been a member of ALEC since 2011."<ref>Publix, [https://twitter.com/Publix/status/349151279764889601 @xultar Publix has not been a member of ALEC since 2011. ^BK], ''Twitter'', June 24, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''QEP Resources''' ("natural gas and oil exploration and production company"<ref>QEP Resources, [http://www.qepres.com QEP Resources] corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''QEP Resources''' ("natural gas and oil exploration and production company"<ref>QEP Resources, [http://www.qepres.com QEP Resources] corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Quaker Oats Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[PepsiCo]], a former [[#P|ALEC member]])
 
* Quaker Oats Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[PepsiCo]], a former [[#P|ALEC member]])
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*Quorum, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
  
 
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* Safety-Kleen Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Safety-Kleen Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Sallie Mae]] (SLM Corporation)<ref>Rob McGarrah, [http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Sallie-Mae-CEO-Agrees-to-Talks-with-Students-on-Loan-Debts Sallie Mae CEO Agrees to Talks with Students on Loan Debts], AFLCIO blog, May 31, 2013.</ref> - Sallie Mae has been an ALEC member, but announced quietly in September 2013 that it had cut ties with the organization.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/09/12237/after-student-protests-sallie-mae-becomes-50th-corporation-dump-alec After Student Protests, Sallie Mae Becomes 50th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch'', September 9, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Sallie Mae]] (SLM Corporation)<ref>Rob McGarrah, [http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Sallie-Mae-CEO-Agrees-to-Talks-with-Students-on-Loan-Debts Sallie Mae CEO Agrees to Talks with Students on Loan Debts], AFLCIO blog, May 31, 2013.</ref> - Sallie Mae has been an ALEC member, but announced quietly in September 2013 that it had cut ties with the organization.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/09/12237/after-student-protests-sallie-mae-becomes-50th-corporation-dump-alec After Student Protests, Sallie Mae Becomes 50th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch'', September 9, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Salt River Project]]''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arizona<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> as of 2011 and member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. SRP's Jason Baran listed as a "ALEC Private Sector Member" in 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
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* '''[[Salt River Project]]'''(SRP) - SRP's Jason Baran and Molly Greene attended and participated in ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the December 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="cet"/> As of December 2021, SRP is a private sector member of ALEC.<ref name="cet"/> [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arizona<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> as of 2011 and member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. SRP's Jason Baran listed as a "ALEC Private Sector Member" in 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Sandoz Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Sandoz Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Sanofi]] (formerly Sanofi-Aventis), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> Sanofi-Aventis also gave $3,000 to the Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in March 2010.<ref name="AZSchol$">Laura Elliott, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://dbapress.com/source-materials-archive/source-materials-archive-alec-accountability-act-set-for-introduction-in-arizona Draft AZ Scholarship Fund Account], email to [REDACTED], [[Russell Smoldon]], Kristen Harrison and Patty Wisner (Administrative Assistant to [[Debbie Lesko]], January 6, 2011, p. 13, obtained via public records request by ''DBA Press'', accessed April 2012</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> Sanofi confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC in October 2012. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Sanofi]] (formerly Sanofi-Aventis), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> Sanofi-Aventis also gave $3,000 to the Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in March 2010.<ref name="AZSchol$">Laura Elliott, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://dbapress.com/source-materials-archive/source-materials-archive-alec-accountability-act-set-for-introduction-in-arizona Draft AZ Scholarship Fund Account], email to [REDACTED], [[Russell Smoldon]], Kristen Harrison and Patty Wisner (Administrative Assistant to [[Debbie Lesko]], January 6, 2011, p. 13, obtained via public records request by ''DBA Press'', accessed April 2012</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> Sanofi confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC in October 2012. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* Scantron, Member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - A Scantron spokesperson told CMD in May 2012 that it had cut ties with ALEC.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11523/scantron-15th-corporation-dump-alec Scantron 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', May 22, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Scantron, Member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - A Scantron spokesperson told CMD in May 2012 that it had cut ties with ALEC.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11523/scantron-15th-corporation-dump-alec Scantron 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', May 22, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Schering-Plough]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (since acquired by [[Merck]], a current [[#M|ALEC member]]), member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1003<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Schering-Plough]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (since acquired by [[Merck]], a current [[#M|ALEC member]]), member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1003<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
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*SchoolForward, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* The Schlueter Group, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* The Schlueter Group, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Schwan's Sales Enterprises Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Schwan's Sales Enterprises Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Shaklee Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Shaklee Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Shell Oil Company]], ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]] member,<ref>The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel [http://thefederation.org/documents/Pickle%20Bio.pdf G. Edward Pickle], organization biography, September 17, 2007</ref>, [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] Member,<ref name="EEACinci"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and sponsor of the August 4th, 2011, Plenary Session speeches of [[ALEC Board of Scholars|ALEC "scholars"]] [[Arthur B. Laffer]] and [[Stephen Moore]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Shell Oil Company]], ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]] member,<ref>The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel [http://thefederation.org/documents/Pickle%20Bio.pdf G. Edward Pickle], organization biography, September 17, 2007</ref>, [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] Member,<ref name="EEACinci"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and sponsor of the August 4th, 2011, Plenary Session speeches of [[ALEC Board of Scholars|ALEC "scholars"]] [[Arthur B. Laffer]] and [[Stephen Moore]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*SHI, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* SICPA Product Security LLC (supplier of security inks for banknotes and other documents, such as cigarette excise stamps), member of ALEC's now-defunct [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]; terminated its membership on January 14, 2013 while "waiting to see what issues emerge in JPP [ALEC's Justice Performance Project, which replaced the Public Safety and Elections Task Force]; cigarette" (?), according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* SICPA Product Security LLC (supplier of security inks for banknotes and other documents, such as cigarette excise stamps), member of ALEC's now-defunct [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]; terminated its membership on January 14, 2013 while "waiting to see what issues emerge in JPP [ALEC's Justice Performance Project, which replaced the Public Safety and Elections Task Force]; cigarette" (?), according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Sierra Pacific Power]] Co. (now [[NV Energy]], a current [[#N|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Sierra Pacific Power]] Co. (now [[NV Energy]], a current [[#N|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Skyline Strategies, Attended the 2023 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref>Skyline Strategies, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230726193200/https://twitter.com/SkylineNC/status/1684261864287371287?s=20 Tweet], ''Twitter'', July 26, 2023.</ref>
 
* SmithKline Beecham (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], a current [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* SmithKline Beecham (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], a current [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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*SoCalGas, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[Solvay]] Pharmaceutical,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Solvay]] Pharmaceutical,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Sony]] Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Sony]] Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Sorrell Design and Photography, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* [[Southern California Edison]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Southern California Edison]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Southern Company]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>
 
* [[Southern Company]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>
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* [[Sprint Nextel]] (formerly United Telephone Company of Texas, a previous ALEC member<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>), Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].  Sprint told Color of Change in August, 2012, that the company did not renew its membership for 2012. <ref name="ITNOLA"/>
 
* [[Sprint Nextel]] (formerly United Telephone Company of Texas, a previous ALEC member<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>), Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].  Sprint told Color of Change in August, 2012, that the company did not renew its membership for 2012. <ref name="ITNOLA"/>
 
* '''[[State Farm]] Insurance Co.''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> corporate co-chair of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/commerce-insurance-and-economic-development/ Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force], organizational website, accessed April 2012</ref> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''[[State Farm]] Insurance Co.''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> corporate co-chair of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/commerce-insurance-and-economic-development/ Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force], organizational website, accessed April 2012</ref> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''StateLinx''' attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector member"<ref name="am23"/>
 
* '''State Net''' (private company reporting on state legislation, with clients including "five of the nation's ten largest companies"<ref>State Net, [http://www.statenet.com/about/clients/ Clients], company website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''State Net''' (private company reporting on state legislation, with clients including "five of the nation's ten largest companies"<ref>State Net, [http://www.statenet.com/about/clients/ Clients], company website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Strategic Advocacy Group<ref name="CLEAR"/> (public relations firm)
 
* Strategic Advocacy Group<ref name="CLEAR"/> (public relations firm)
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* Tampa Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (the principal subsidiary of [[TECO Energy]], another previous ALEC member)
 
* Tampa Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (the principal subsidiary of [[TECO Energy]], another previous ALEC member)
 
* Taser International Inc. (stun gun maker), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member<ref>Alison Fitzgerald, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/pro-gun-group-s-call-to-sell-seized-weapons-advances-to-states.html Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States], ''Bloomberg'', August 10, 2011</ref><ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Civil Justice Task Force]] Member;<ref name="CJNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Taser International Inc. (stun gun maker), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member<ref>Alison Fitzgerald, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/pro-gun-group-s-call-to-sell-seized-weapons-advances-to-states.html Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States], ''Bloomberg'', August 10, 2011</ref><ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Civil Justice Task Force]] Member;<ref name="CJNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[TECO Energy]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''[[TECO Energy]]'''attended 2023 Annual Meeting as a "private sector non-member""<ref name="am23"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Tenaska Capital Management, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Tenaska Capital Management, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Tenneco Gas<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Tenneco Gas<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''[[Time Warner Cable]]''', [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Ohio,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''[[Time Warner Cable]]''', [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Ohio,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''TitleMax''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
 
* '''TitleMax''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
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*Tolman Group, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''TogetherRX Access''' (an LLC with 18 pharmaceutical member corporations<ref>TogetherRX Access, [http://www.togetherrxaccess.com/p/about-us/member-companies.aspx Member Companies], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''TogetherRX Access''' (an LLC with 18 pharmaceutical member corporations<ref>TogetherRX Access, [http://www.togetherrxaccess.com/p/about-us/member-companies.aspx Member Companies], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Tower Loan''', joined ALCE's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] on February 20, 2013<ref name="ALECboard">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/841593/alec-docs.pdf ALEC 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting Board Meeting packet], organizational documents, August 6, 2013, released by ''The Guardian'' December 3, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''Tower Loan''', joined ALCE's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] on February 20, 2013<ref name="ALECboard">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/841593/alec-docs.pdf ALEC 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting Board Meeting packet], organizational documents, August 6, 2013, released by ''The Guardian'' December 3, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''Gulf States [[Toyota]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Gulf States [[Toyota]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[Transcanada]]''', “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''[[Transcanada]]''', “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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*Translational Genomics Research Institute, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* '''[[Transurban]]''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* '''[[Transurban]]''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* The Traveler's Companies, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* The Traveler's Companies, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
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* '''Wine Institute''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Wine Institute''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Wireless Generation (a for-profit online education, software and testing corporation), member 2007-2009,<ref name="RWPRW">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11531/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-alec-member Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Is an ALEC Member], ''PRWatch.org'', May 25, 2012.</ref> listed as new ALEC member in 2012,<ref name="EduCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2012_STFS.pdf Education Task Force Meeting ALEC’s 2012 Spring Task Force Summit Agenda], organizational meeting agenda, May 11, 2012, obtained and released by Common Cause, April 2012</ref> (the company denies this).<ref name="RWPRW"/> The company was acquired by [[#N|ALEC member]] [[News Corporation]] in 2010, and as of 2013 has been folded-in to News Corp's "Amplify" education division.
 
* Wireless Generation (a for-profit online education, software and testing corporation), member 2007-2009,<ref name="RWPRW">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11531/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-alec-member Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Is an ALEC Member], ''PRWatch.org'', May 25, 2012.</ref> listed as new ALEC member in 2012,<ref name="EduCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2012_STFS.pdf Education Task Force Meeting ALEC’s 2012 Spring Task Force Summit Agenda], organizational meeting agenda, May 11, 2012, obtained and released by Common Cause, April 2012</ref> (the company denies this).<ref name="RWPRW"/> The company was acquired by [[#N|ALEC member]] [[News Corporation]] in 2010, and as of 2013 has been folded-in to News Corp's "Amplify" education division.
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*WPA Intelligence, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
 
* WMX Technologies Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (formerly [[Waste Management]] Inc., another previous [[#W|ALEC member]])
 
* WMX Technologies Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (formerly [[Waste Management]] Inc., another previous [[#W|ALEC member]])
 
* Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[Pfizer]], a current [[#P|ALEC member]])
 
* Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[Pfizer]], a current [[#P|ALEC member]])
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* [[Xcel Energy]], [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Wisconsin<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>. Xcel confirmed to ''Boulder Weekly'' that it stopped paying ALEC dues in 2010, though it was still listed as an ALEC state co-chair in 2011.<ref name="Xcel Endo">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12358/xcel-energy-and-endo-health-cut-ties-alec-making-72-corporations-out "Xcel Energy and Endo Health Cut Ties to ALEC, Making 72 Corporations Out - See more at: https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12358/xcel-energy-and-endo-health-cut-ties-alec-making-72-corporations-out#sthash.EwYHqdQ5.dpuf"], ''PRWatch'', January 14, 2014</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Xcel Energy]], [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Wisconsin<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>. Xcel confirmed to ''Boulder Weekly'' that it stopped paying ALEC dues in 2010, though it was still listed as an ALEC state co-chair in 2011.<ref name="Xcel Endo">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12358/xcel-energy-and-endo-health-cut-ties-alec-making-72-corporations-out "Xcel Energy and Endo Health Cut Ties to ALEC, Making 72 Corporations Out - See more at: https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12358/xcel-energy-and-endo-health-cut-ties-alec-making-72-corporations-out#sthash.EwYHqdQ5.dpuf"], ''PRWatch'', January 14, 2014</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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*XPO Logistics, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference<ref name=alm/>
  
 
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Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.

Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.

You can add to these lists if you cite your source.

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Corporate Board

For a more complete list of current and former ALEC formerly "Private Enterprise" Advisory Council (formerly "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors) members, see the "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors list. Advisory council corporations have included (members as of June 2014 in bold):[1][2][3]

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  • QEP Resources ("natural gas and oil exploration and production company"[276]), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[32] ($10,000 in 2010)[33]
  • Quaker Oats Co.[20] (now part of PepsiCo, a former ALEC member)
  • Quorum, member attended ALEC's 2019 Annual Conference[27]

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  • Zions Bank, Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting[63] and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.[338]
  • Zoom Cycle Accessories[20]
  • Zurich Insurance[22]

Trade Groups

See ALEC Trade Groups.

Law and Lobbying Firms

See ALEC Law Firms.

Think Tanks and Other Non-Profit Groups

See ALEC Non-Profits.

Governmental Groups

See ALEC Governmental Groups.

Articles and Resources

External Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 American Legislative Exchange Council Private Enterprise Board, organization website, accessed April 13, 2012
  2. American Legislative Exchange Council, "Private Enterprise Advisory Council", organizational website, accessed March 2013
  3. American Legislative Exchange Council, "Private Enterprise Advisory Council," organizational website, accessed June 2014.
  4. Nick Surgey: ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights, HuffPost, November 6, 2014
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Nick Surgey and Calvin Sloan, "Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC," Exposed by CMD, Center for Media and Democracy, July 28, 2016.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Nick Surgey, "ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting," Exposed by CMD, Center for Media and Democracy, July 27, 2016.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 ALEC, [paper copy on file at CMD], 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting Program", July 19-21, 2017.
  8. Rebekah Wilce, Breaking News: Coca-Cola Dumps ALEC, PRWatch.org, April 5, 2012
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Rebekah Wilce, "Shareholders Push Firms to Cut Ties to ALEC; 49 Corporations Now Out", PRWatch, June 25, 2013
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 American Legislative Exchange Council, American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of July 18th, 2011, organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
  11. Rebekah Wilce, BREAKING: Intuit Out of ALEC; Coke, Kraft, Pepsi, too, while Koch Stands Ground, PRWatch.org, April 6, 2012
  12. Salvador Rizzo, Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC, New Jersey Star-Ledger, June 12, 2012
  13. Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller, UPDATE 4-Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law (Adds Kraft Statement), Reuters, April 6, 2012
  14. Martinne Geller and Jennifer Saba, Reed Elsevier, Wendy's drop conservative group, Reuters, April 12, 2012
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 American Legislative Exchange Council Private Sector Executive Committee, organization website, accessed June 14, 2011 this page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Commerce Executive Committee" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, Commerce, Insurance & Economic Development Task Force Meeting Agenda, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD
  17. Jessica Wohl, Wal-Mart ending membership in conservative group, Reuters, May 31, 2012
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