SB22 Alabama 2012 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Capital offenses, murder of a person with a protection order issued against the defendant, included, Sec. 13A-5-40 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, it is not a capital
offense if a defendant murders a person who had a
protection order issued against the defendant</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would make it a capital offense
for a defendant to murder a person who had a
protection order issued against the defendant</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-5-40 of the Code of Alabama
1975, relating to capital offenses, to make it a capital
offense for a defendant to murder a person in violation of a
protection order issued on behalf of the victim against the
defendant; 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
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2012 | Indefinitely Postponed | |
| April 5, 2012 | Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 substitute | |
| April 5, 2012 | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and | |
| February 7, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB22 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |