HB178 Alabama 2019 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors

Proncey Robertson

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Governor, commutation power, notice requirements provided, const. amend.

Description

Proposing an amendment to Amendment 38 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 124 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, relating to the authority of the Governor to grant reprieves and commutations to persons under sentence of death; to require the Governor to take reasonable steps to provide notice to certain persons prior to granting a commutation to a person under a sentence of death; and to authorize certain persons to challenge the granting of a commutation upon a violation.

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 28, 2019	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
May 23, 2019	H	Engrossed
May 23, 2019	H	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 982
May 23, 2019	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 981
May 23, 2019	H	State Government first Substitute Offered
May 23, 2019	H	Third Reading Passed
May 2, 2019	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
March 19, 2019	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government