HB237 Alabama 2019 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Sexual abuse, enhanced sentence for violation of sex abuse, created, Sec. 13A-6-67 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a violation of sex abuse
in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor,
except for certain circumstances</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would create an enhanced sentence
for a violation of sex abuse in the second degree
if there is at least a 15-year age difference
between the defendant and victim</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to sex abuse in the second degree; to amend
Section 13A-6-67, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for an
enhanced sentence for a violation of sex abuse in the second
degree if there is at least a 15-year age difference between
the defendant and victim; 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.
</p>
Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2019 | H | Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019. |
| May 29, 2019 | H | Assigned Act No. 2019-516. |
| May 29, 2019 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| May 29, 2019 | S | Signature Requested |
| May 28, 2019 | H | Enrolled |
| May 28, 2019 | H | Passed Second House |
| May 28, 2019 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1211 |
| May 28, 2019 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| May 8, 2019 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 16, 2019 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
| April 16, 2019 | H | Engrossed |
| April 16, 2019 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 221 |
| April 16, 2019 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 220 |
| April 16, 2019 | H | Judiciary Amendment Offered |
| April 16, 2019 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| April 11, 2019 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| March 20, 2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | May 8, 2019 | Committee Room 325 at 08:30 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | April 24, 2019 | Committee Room 325 at 08:30 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | April 10, 2019 | Room 200 at 14:00 | House JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | April 10, 2019 | Room 200 at 13:30 | House JUDY Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB237 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB237 Alabama 2019 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB237 Alabama 2019 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Amendments | House Judiciary first Amendment Offered |