SB27 Alabama 2015 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Article X, Homestead exemptions, repealed and readopted as a new Article X to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, const. amend.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Article X of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, provides for exemptions 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 X and to readopt Article X to make
nonsubstantive technical amendments, including
capitalization and gender neutral references, to
authorize the Legislature to provide by general law
for the exemption of homesteads and personal
property and other property and the waiver of the
exemption and to delete specific provisions
relating to the homesteads, laborer's and mechanic
liens, and property rights of females</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To repeal existing Article X of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, relating to exemptions, and to add a new
Article X relating to exemptions of homesteads.
</p>
Subjects
Constitutional Amendments
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2015 | H | Pending third reading on day 15 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections |
| April 16, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 9, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections |
| April 9, 2015 | S | Engrossed |
| April 9, 2015 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 411 |
| April 9, 2015 | S | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 410 |
| April 9, 2015 | S | Constitution, Ethics and Elections Amendment Offered |
| April 9, 2015 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 18, 2015 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| 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 18, 2015 | Room 320 *Agenda Revised* at 11:00 | Senate C&E Hearing |
| Hearing | March 18, 2015 | Room 320 at 11:00 | Senate C&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 | SB27 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB27 Alabama 2015 Session - Engrossed |