HB238 Alabama 2012 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Funerals, disrupting, crime further provided for, distance of protest from property line of funeral facility further provided for, Sec. 13A-11-17 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a person commits the
crime of disrupting a funeral or memorial service
if the person engages in a protest within 500 feet
of the entrance to a funeral facility or church
within 60 minutes before or during a funeral
service</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide that a person would
be guilty of the offense if a protest is within
1,000 feet of the funeral facility</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 13A-11-17 of the Code of Alabama
1975, providing the offense of disrupting a funeral or
memorial service, to increase the distance within which a
protest is prohibited subject to existing penalties; and in
connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the
requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds
within the meaning of 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.
</p>
Subjects
Disrupting a Funeral or Memorial Service
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2012 | Forwarded to Governor on May 2, 2012 at 6:47 p. m. on May 2, 2012. | |
| May 2, 2012 | Assigned Act No. 2012-303 on 05/09/2012. | |
| May 2, 2012 | Enrolled | |
| May 2, 2012 | Clerk of the House Certification | |
| May 2, 2012 | Signature Requested | |
| May 2, 2012 | Passed Second House | |
| May 2, 2012 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 915 | |
| May 2, 2012 | Third Reading Passed | |
| April 24, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| March 15, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs | |
| March 8, 2012 | Cosponsors Added | |
| March 8, 2012 | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 246 | |
| March 8, 2012 | Third Reading Passed | |
| February 23, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | |
| February 8, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB238 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB238 Alabama 2012 Session - Enrolled |