Under existing law, the determination of who is an alien lawfully present in the United States and the enforcement of immigration laws are generally functions administered by the federal government.
This bill would relate to illegal immigration and would: Define terms; require the Attorney General to draft a Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Alabama and the United States Department of Justice or the United States Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws, detention and removals, and investigations in the state; prohibit an unauthorized alien from being issued a driver's license or nondriver identification card; require the Department of Public Safety to begin issuing nondriver identification cards to residents or nonresidents of this state marked with a designation to indicate a person's legal presence; require a person to present proof of citizenship or residency before voting; preclude any state or local government or official from refusing to enforce federal immigration laws; prohibit an alien unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefits; prohibit a person not lawfully present from being eligible on the basis of residence for education benefits; require business entities seeking economic incentives to verify the employment eligibility of their employees and would provide penalties; prohibit an unauthorized alien from being present in this state and would provide penalties; prohibit an unauthorized alien from seeking employment in this state and would provide penalties; require the verification of the legal status of persons by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; criminalize certain behavior relating to concealing, harboring, shielding, or attempting to conceal, harbor, or shield unauthorized aliens and would provide penalties; create the crime of dealing in false identification documents and the crime of vital records identity fraud and would provide penalties; prohibit a business entity or employers from knowingly employing an unauthorized alien and would provide penalties; require all employers contracting with other employers to provide proof of their employees' employment authorization and would provide tax withholding provisions and penalties; prohibit certain deductible business expenses; make it a discriminatory practice for an employer to fail to hire a legally present job applicant or discharge an employee while retaining an employee who is an unauthorized alien under certain conditions; require the verification of legal status of every person charged with a crime for which bail is required; require law enforcement to detain any person whose lawful immigration status cannot be verified under certain conditions; require notification of the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement when an unlawfully present alien is convicted of state law; authorize the Alabama Department of Homeland Security to hire state police officers and give the department enforcement power; and would require the Attorney General to file a quarterly report with the Legislature under certain conditions.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 357
Taylor Amendment adopted Roll Call 356.
Taylor Amendment Offered
Singleton Amendment adopted Roll Call 355.
Singleton Amendment Offered
Sanford No. 3 lost Roll Call 354.
Sanford No. 3 Amendment Offered.
Sanford No. 2 lost Roll Call 353.
Sanford No. 2 Amendment Offered.
Petition to Cese Debate lost Roll Call 349
Beason motion to table Sandford amendment adopted Roll Call 348
Dial motion to reconsider Sanford Amendment adopted Roll Call 347.
Sanford motion to Table Dial motion to reconsider Sanford Amendment lost Roll Call 346.
Dial motion to reconsider Sanford Amendment
Irons 2nd Amendment adopted Roll Call 345.
Irons 2nd Amendment Offered.
Irons 1st Amendment adopted Roll Call 344.
Irons Amendment Offered
Williams Amendment adopted Roll Call 343..
Williams Amendment Offered.
Beason motion to Table Coleman Amendment No. 2 adopted Voice Vote
Coleman 2nd Amendment Offered
Coleman 1st Amendment adopted Roll Call 342
Coleman Amendment Offered
Sanford adopted Roll Call 341.
Beason motion to Table Sanford Amendment lost Roll Call 340.
Sanford Amendment Offered
Bedford Amendment adopted Roll Call 339.
Bedford Amendment Offered
Orr Amendment No. 2 adopted Roll Call 338.
Orr Amendment No. 2 Offered.
Orr Amendment adopted Roll Call 337.
Orr Amendment Offered.
Beason Substitute adopted Roll Call 336
Third Reading Passed
Further Consideration
Beason first Substitute Offered
Beason motion to table JD&ED Substitute Tabled Voice Vote.
Beason motion to Suspend Rules to read susbtitute at length adopted Roll Call 335.
Third Reading Carried Over
Unfinished Business
Job Creation and Economic Development first Substitute Tabled.
Unfinished Business
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Job Creation and Economic Development.
Source: Alabama Legislature