SB397 Alabama 2012 Session

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Bill Summary

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Children, day care providers, leaving child unattended in a motor vehicle unless supervised by person of certain age prohibited, penalties determined by first, second, or subsequent conviction and whether child is injured or fatally injured, Amiyah White Unattended Children in Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Description

This bill would prohibit children day care providers from leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle, unless the child is supervised by person of a certain age, and would determine penalties for a first, second, or subsequent conviction when the child is injured or fatally injured

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

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

Relating to children; to prohibit children day care providers from leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle, unless the child is supervised by a person of a certain age, and would determine penalties for a first, second, or subsequent conviction when the child is injured or fatally injured; 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.

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 10, 2012		Pending third reading on day 30 Favorable from Children and Senior Advocacy
May 10, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 3, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Children and Senior Advocacy
May 3, 2012		Engrossed
May 3, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1042
May 3, 2012		Bussman motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1041
May 3, 2012		Bussman Amendment Offered
May 3, 2012		Figures motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1040
May 3, 2012		Children, Youth Affairs, and Human Resources Amendment Offered
May 3, 2012		Third Reading Passed
March 22, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
March 15, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Children, Youth Affairs, and Human Resources