SB69 Alabama 2016 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Dick BrewbakerRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2016
- Title
- Legislative standing committees, granted subpoena powers, authority to administer oaths, immunity, penalty
- Description
Existing law does not provide for a comprehensive method for legislative committees to subpoena witnesses and documents.
This bill would provide standing committees of the House of Representatives and standing committees of the Senate with the authority to subpoena witnesses to testify before the committee and to subpoena documents as needed to conduct the business of the respective committee.
This bill would further provide for enforcement by the circuit court regarding persons failing to properly respond to a legislative subpoena.
This bill would provide for payment of certain expenses of witnesses.
- Subjects
- Legislature
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Judiciary first Substitute Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature