SB108 Alabama 2013 Session
Bill Summary
Under existing law, various state agencies, including the Department of Public Safety, perform law enforcement and investigative services to enhance public safety.
This bill would create the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the position of Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, appointed by the Governor, to coordinate public safety in this state.
Effective October 1, 2014, this bill would consolidate certain investigative and law enforcement functions and reorganize the administration of public safety services in this state.
This bill would reorganize state public safety services within the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, which would be comprised of two units: the reorganized Department of Public Safety, which would consolidate uniformed state law enforcement services and a newly created State Bureau of Investigations, which would consolidate state investigative law enforcement services.
This bill also would transfer the functions of the Department of Homeland Security to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
Relating to public safety; to create the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; to create the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to coordinate various law enforcement and investigative services and serve as the Homeland Security Advisor for this state; to create the Public Safety Fund; to create the State Bureau of Investigations to assume the duties and functions of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation; to transfer certain enforcement and investigative functions of certain agencies to the State Bureau of Investigations; to transfer all functions of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security to the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency; to transfer certain enforcement functions of certain agencies to the Department of Public Safety; to create new divisions within the Department of Public Safety; to require the Code Commissioner to make conforming changes in the code; and to amend Sections 41-9-592 and 41-9-593, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Criminal Justice Information Center Commission, to provide that the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency would be the chairman of the commission.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2013 | H | Forwarded to Governor on March 14, 2013 |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Assigned Act No. 2013-67. |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| March 14, 2013 | H | Signature Requested |
| March 12, 2013 | S | Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 221 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 179 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Motion to Adopt Ball 2nd Amendment adopted Roll Call 178 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Henry motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 177 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball 2nd Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Holmes motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 176 |
| March 14, 2013 | S | Enrolled |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball 1st Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 175 |
| March 12, 2013 | S | Concurrence Requested |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 173 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Ball motion to Table adopted Roll Call 172 |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered |
| February 28, 2013 | H | Third Reading Carried Over |
| February 21, 2013 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments |
| February 12, 2013 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Engrossed |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 44 |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 43 |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Coleman Amendment Offered |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 42 |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Singleton Amendment Offered |
| February 12, 2013 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| February 7, 2013 | S | Marsh motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
| February 7, 2013 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
| February 6, 2013 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| February 5, 2013 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Text | SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB108 Alabama 2013 Session - Introduced |
Source: Alabama Legislature