SB26 Alabama 2015 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Impeachment of state and local officers and officials, Article 7, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, repealed and reenacted, const. amend.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Article VII of the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901, provides for impeachments in Alabama</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would propose an amendment to the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal the
existing Article VII and to readopt Article VII to
make nonsubstantive technical amendments, including
renumbering sections, capitalization, and gender
neutral references, throughout the article and to
make all of the following substantive changes:
Section 173. The rewritten section would
remove the State Superintendent of Education and
include the members of the State Board of Education
as officers who are subject to impeachment, would
require a two-thirds vote of the Senate, sitting as
a court of impeachment, for conviction, and would
delete the requirement that members of the
Legislature be summoned to the capitol for
impeachment proceedings by publication in a
newspaper</p><p class="bill_description">
Section 174. The rewritten section would
delete the outdated reference to chancellors, would
include district court judges as officers subject
to impeachment, and would substitute the term
district attorney for the outdated term solicitor</p><p class="bill_description">
Section 175. The rewritten section would
provide that all county and municipal officers are
subject to impeachment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To repeal existing Article VII of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, relating to impeachments, and to add a new
Article VII, relating to impeachments.
</p>
Subjects
Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2015 | H | Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Amendment Offered |
| April 16, 2015 | H | Pending third reading on day 15 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections with 1 amendment |
| April 16, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| April 7, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections |
| April 7, 2015 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 359 |
| April 7, 2015 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 17, 2015 | S | Albritton motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote |
| March 17, 2015 | S | Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair |
| March 5, 2015 | S | Reported from Constitution, Ethics and Elections as Favorable |
| March 3, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Ethics and Elections |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 15, 2015 | Room #123 at 09:00 | House CC&E Hearing |
| Hearing | March 4, 2015 | * Agenda Revised* Room 727 at 15:30 | Senate C&E Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB26 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |