HB135 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2014

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chris England Representative
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2014
Title: Websites containing personal information of persons convicted of crimes, required to remove information at no charge upon request, civil penalties, presumption of defamation
Description: This bill would require the operator of a website containing an arrest photograph and personal information of a person charged with a crime to remove, at no charge, the photograph and information within a specified period after notice that the person was acquitted, the charges were dropped, or the charges were otherwise resolved without conviction.
This bill would also provide that the failure to remove the photograph and personal information upon request is a deceptive trade practice and that an aggrieved individual is entitled to all rights and remedies under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Pending third reading on day 6 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security with 1 amendment

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security