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HB119 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Matt Fridy
Republican
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

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

February 27, 2018 House Passed
Yes 99
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature