Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Yes
99
Absent
3
HB119 Alabama 2018 Session
Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB119 Alabama 2018 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2018
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Matt FridyRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2018
- 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
S
Further Consideration
S
Orr motion to Carry Over adopted Voice Vote
S
Third Reading Carried Over
S
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 523
H
Third Reading Passed
H
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Votes
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature