HB395 would require sheriffs to meet several new minimum qualifications, including citizenship, county residency, voter status, education, age, law enforcement experience, and no felony conviction, to be elected or appointed.
The bill adds a set of minimum qualifications that anyone seeking election to sheriff or appointed to serve must meet, in addition to other legal requirements. Requirements include being a U.S. citizen, county residency for at least one year before qualification, being an eligible and registered voter for at least one year in the same county, at least 25 years old, having a high school diploma or GED, three or more years of prior law enforcement service with arrest powers, and no felony conviction. The requirements would apply to new candidates and appointees after the act’s effective date. The act would take effect immediately after the Governor signs it into law.
Indefinitely Postponed
Newton (C) motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 414
Johnson (K) Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 413
Kennedy 2nd Amendment Offered
Newton (C) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 412
Kennedy 1st Amendment Offered
Newton (C) motion to Table adopted Roll Call 411
Holmes motion to Carry Over Temporarily tabled
Third Reading Carried Over
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Source: Alabama Legislature