This bill would repeal certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of a firearm on certain property or in a motor vehicle by persons with or without a concealed pistol permit.
This bill would also revise certain restrictions on the carrying or possession of firearms at certain locations.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 630
Smitherman motion to Adopt lost Roll Call 629
Rules Committee Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 628
Smitherman Amendment Offered
Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 627
Allen motion to Table lost Voice Vote
Singleton Amendment Offered
Allen motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 626
Judiciary Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Allen motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature