HB439 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Dexter Grimsley
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2016
Title: Controlled substance offense, person seeking medical help for another immune from prosecution, Sec. 20-2-281 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, an individual may not be prosecuted for a misdemeanor controlled substance offense if that individual is seeking medical help for someone else, if certain conditions are met.
This bill would provide that the immunity extends to the crime of unlawful possession of controlled substance.
This bill would also clarify that the immunity extends to an individual regardless of his or her age.
Subjects: Controlled Substances

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary