HB197 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Jan 11, 2026

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2013

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Howard Sanderford
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Micky Hammon Marcel Black William Roberts Dan Williams John Merrill Randy Davis Elaine Beech Charles O. Newton April Weaver David Sessions Jim Carns Mac Buttram Mark Tuggle Alan Harper Alan Boothe Steve McMillan Mack N. Butler Patricia Todd Terri Collins Chad Fincher Mike Millican Mike Ball Becky Nordgren Barry Moore Lynn Greer Lesley Vance Mac McCutcheon Jim Patterson Allen Farley Wes Long Richard Baughn Greg Burdine Donnie Chesteen Steve Clouse Mike Jones
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: Private Investigation Board, established, licensing and regulation of private investigators, members, terms, powers, vacancies, subject to Administrative Procedure Act, civil and criminal penalties, Private Investigators Licensing and Regulatory Act
Description: Currently, the practice of private investigation is not regulated or licensed by the state.
This bill would regulate and license the practice of private investigation by private investigators.
This bill would define terms; create the Alabama Private Investigation Board and provide for its membership, meetings, officers, powers, and duties; and would prohibit persons from acting as a private investigator without a license, subject to criminal punishment as a Class A misdemeanor.
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.
Subjects: Private Investigation Board