HB597 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Daniel H. Boman
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: State courts, judicial authority, Sharia (form of religious law derived from Islamic law) not to be considered when making judicial decisions, Section 139, as amended by Amendment 328 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, (Section 139, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.
Description: Under existing law, the judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in a unified judicial system consisting of a supreme court, a court of criminal appeals, a court of civil appeals, a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the circuit court, a trial court of limited jurisdiction known as the district court, a probate court, and municipal courts as may be provided by law.
Sharia is a form of religious law derived from Islamic law.
This bill would amend Section 139 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 328 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 139 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that when a court exercises its judicial authority it will not consider Sharia when making its judicial decisions.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary