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  5. 2018 Alabama House Bills
  6. HB 115

HB 115

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Lynn Greer
Session
Regular Session 2018
Title
Captial offenses, enumerated capital offenses, murder on school campus, included, murder in a day care center, included, Sec. 13A-5-40 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, there are certain enumerated capital offenses

This bill would make a murder on the campus of a school an enumerated capital offense

This bill would make a murder in a day care or licensed child care facility an enumerated capital offense

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

Relating to capital offenses; to amend Section 13A-5-40, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for enumerated capital offenses; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.

Subjects
Capital Offenses

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 15, 2018 H Pending third reading on day 13 Favorable from Judiciary
February 15, 2018 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
January 9, 2018 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing February 14, 2018 Room 200 at 13:30 House JUDY Hearing
Hearing February 7, 2018 Room 200 at 13:30 House JUDY Hearing
Hearing January 24, 2018 Room 200 at 13:30 House JUDY Hearing
Hearing February 22, 2017 Room 727 **Agenda Revised #2 added Sunset Bills** at 15:00 Senate FR&ED Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB 115 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 115 - Introduced
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