SB218 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Hank Sanders
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Definition of Moral Turpitude Act, established, crimes which disqualify citizens from voting provided, Sec. 17-3-30.1 added
Description: Under Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Article VIII, Section 177 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, a citizen loses the right to vote if convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude.
This bill would create the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act.
This bill would provide for legislative findings and purposes and would provide a definition of moral turpitude that lists the crimes which disqualify otherwise eligible citizens from voting.
Subjects: Moral Turpitude

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary