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SB37 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021
SB37 Alabama 2010 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2010
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Jails, jailors or other persons having custody of a person charged with a felony or DUI, required to determine the citizenship and lawful status of the defendant, defendant to be considered a flight risk if not in lawful status
Description

Existing law does not specifically require verification of the citizenship status of a person charged with and confined for a felony or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances.

This bill would require the jailor or other officer having custody of a person charged with and confined for a felony or driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or other controlled substances to determine the citizenship status of the person.

This bill would provide time limitation for the verification.

This bill would require notification to certain entities.

This bill would provide, for the purpose of determining the granting of or issuance of bond, a rebuttable presumption that certain persons are flight risks.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability first Amendment Offered

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature