HB306 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

HB306 Alabama 2017 Session

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2017

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Matt Fridy
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Attorneys, encouraging litigation, criminal penalties increased, Secs. 34-3-24, 34-3-35 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, an attorney who gives money to a person for the purpose of encouraging that person to bring an action against another is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be fined or imprisoned.
This bill would increase the criminal penalty for an attorney who gives money to a person for the purpose of encouraging that person to bring an action against another.
Subjects: Attorneys

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

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

Bill Text

Download Introduced PDF

Votes

Yes 64

No 1

Abstained 35

Absent 5

Yes 21

Abstained 1

Absent 13

Documents

Bill Text (Introduced) HB306 Alabama 2017 Session - Introduced

Source: Alabama Legislature