HB292 Alabama 2015 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Tracking devices, warrant for installation by certain judges, authorized, crimes of unlawfully installing a tracking device, created, penalties
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that a circuit or
district judge may issue a warrant for the
installation, removal, maintenance, use, or
monitoring of a tracking device</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also establish the crime of
unlawfully installing a tracking device if any
person installs a tracking device without following
the procedures of the act and would provide certain
exceptions</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.
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Subjects
Tracking Devices
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
| May 26, 2015 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1058 |
| May 26, 2015 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 23, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 17, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | June 3, 2015 | Committee Room 325 at 13:00 | House JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | June 3, 2015 | Committee Room 325 at 13:00 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | April 22, 2015 | Room 429 at 14:30 | House JUDY Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB292 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |