SB65 Alabama 2012 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Children, failure to report a missing child in the first degree, second degree, and in the third degree, failure to report the death of a child, false reporting to law enforcement authorities, crimes of established, Caylee's Law, Sec. 13A-10-9 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for the crime of
failure to report a missing child in the first
degree classified as a Class B felony, failure to
report a missing child in the second degree
classified as a Class C felony, and failure to
report a missing child in the third degree
classified as a Class A misdemeanor</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide for the crime of
failure to report the death of a child as a Class C
felony</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide for the crime of
false reporting to law enforcement authorities in
the first degree classified as a Class C felony and
designate the existing crime of false reporting to
law enforcement authorities as false reporting to
law enforcement authorities in the second degree</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 provide for the crimes of failure to report a
missing child in the first, second, and third degrees; to
provide for the crime of failure to report the death of a
child; to provide for the crime of false reporting to law
enforcement authorities in the first degree; to amend Section
13A-10-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to designate the crime of
false reporting to law enforcement authorities in the second
degree; 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.
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Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2012 | Indefinitely Postponed | |
| April 12, 2012 | Taylor motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote | |
| April 12, 2012 | Judiciary first Substitute Offered | |
| April 12, 2012 | Third Reading Carried Over | |
| March 22, 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 | SB65 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |