SR154 requests an advisory opinion from the Alabama Supreme Court on whether SB 234’s felony for gambling devices conflicts with local bingo amendments and whether a constitutional change is needed.
The resolution asks the Chief Justice and Associate Justices to write opinions on the constitutional questions raised by SB 234, which would make possession of a slot machine or other gambling device a Class C felony. It notes that local bingo amendments exist in some areas and may authorize slot machines for bingo, potentially affecting how SB 234 would apply statewide. It asks whether SB 234 conflicts with or is superseded by those local amendments in their respective locales, and whether a constitutional amendment is needed to enforce such devices.
Beason motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 861
Reported from Rules
Introduced and referred to the Senate committee on Rules
Source: Alabama Legislature