HB3 Alabama 2012 1st Special Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy Davis

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Mike HillSteve McMillan

Session

First Special Session 2012

Title

Insurance Department, casualty insurance companies, capital requirements required, subject to certain action level events, Secs. 27-2B-2, 27-2B-3, 27-2B-4 am'd.

Summary

HB3 expands Alabama's ACJIC system to include homeland security data, authorizes background checks and data sharing, creates a crime for misusing ACJIC information, and establishes a statistical analysis center, with local funding considerations under constitutional rules.

What This Bill Does

It creates and expands the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) and its Commission to manage data for criminal justice and homeland security, and it establishes the Alabama Statistical Analysis Center to publish crime statistics. It authorizes charging fees for background checks and record retrieval, sets fee structures (including specific amounts) and allows local governments to contract with ACJIC for background checks with certain credits. It makes misuse of ACJIC information a crime (Class B felony) with penalties, and it adds privacy and security safeguards. It ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Act to allow interstate sharing of criminal history for noncriminal purposes and lets licensing boards require background checks as part of licensing, with related procedures and protections.

Who It Affects

• Group 1: Public agencies, licensing boards/commissions, colleges and universities (including local governments) that will perform or require ACJIC background checks and use ACJIC data, and the ACJIC staff and commissions that govern these processes.
• Group 2: Individuals who will undergo background checks or whose records are stored in ACJIC (e.g., job applicants, license applicants, students or staff subject to checks), as well as persons whose records could be disseminated under licensing, probate, or data-sharing provisions.

Key Provisions

• Creates/expands the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Commission and its oversight of ACJIC, including operation of data for criminal justice and homeland security.
• Authorizes charging fees for background checks and for obtaining records through ACJIC, with specified amounts (up to $25 for securing records; up to $15 per background check for agency contracts; and credits available to agencies).
• Establishes the crime of misuse of ACJIC information, with penalties including a Class B felony, fines up to $10,000, imprisonment up to five years, and separate offenses for each record.
• Ratifies and implements the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Act, designates a Compact Officer, and makes ACJIC the repository for interstate sharing of criminal history for noncriminal purposes; enables licensing background checks.
• Creates the Alabama Statistical Analysis Center to compile crime statistics (publicly shareable without identifying individuals) and to provide data to the Governor, Legislature, judiciary, and other agencies; requires privacy protections and controlled access.
• Allows licensing/permitting agencies to require criminal background checks as part of licensing requirements; establishes procedures, privacy safeguards, and related data-sharing provisions; directs information sharing with state and federal partners; and provides for security measures and potential suspension of access during investigations.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Insurance