HB87 Alabama 2013 Session
Crossed Over
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2013
Title
Criminal Procedure, criminal surveillance, judge authorized to issue warrant for installation, removal, maintenance, use, and monitoring of tracking device upon written application of law enforcement officer or district attorney
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that any judge
authorized to issue a search warrant pursuant to
the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure may issue a
warrant for the installation, removal, maintenance,
use, or monitoring of a tracking device</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"> Relating to criminal surveillance; to provide that
an authorized judge may issue a warrant for the installation,
removal, maintenance, use, and monitoring of a tracking
device; to provide for the crime of unlawfully installing a
tracking device; 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
Criminal Law and Procedure
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2013 | S | Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Judiciary |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Holtzclaw motion to table Ross motion to recommit adopted Roll Call 841 |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Ross motion to recommit |
| May 7, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Bussman motion to table Smitherman motion to rerefer adopted Roll Call 694 |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Smitherman motion to rerefer |
| May 2, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Engrossed |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 769 |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 768 |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Judiciary first Substitute Offered |
| April 24, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| February 5, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB87 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB87 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed |