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  1. Home / Alabama / Alabama House & Senate Bills / 2019 Alabama Legislative Regular Session / 2019 Alabama House Bills / HB 308

HB 308

Signed by Governor
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Sponsor
Rolanda HollisRolanda Hollis
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
County jails and state penitentiaries, prisoners, sheriff and Dept. of Corrections, required to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates under certain conditions, Secs. 14-3-44, 14-6-19 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the sheriff of a county must provide certain items, at the expense of the county, to prisoners who are unable to provide those items for themselves and all prisoners in a state penitentiary must be provided clothing during their imprisonment

This bill would further require the sheriff and the Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products for all female prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves under certain conditions

To amend Sections 14-3-44 and 14-6-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to items required to be provided to prisoners in a county jail or a state penitentiary; to further require the sheriff and the Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners under certain conditions.

Subjects
Jails
Note: Bills that change current law do not show the amended text correctly below. Please view Original PDF to see amended sections: HB 308 - Enrolled - PDF

Under existing law, the sheriff of a county must provide certain items, at the expense of the county, to prisoners who are unable to provide those items for themselves and all prisoners in a state penitentiary must be provided clothing during their imprisonment

This bill would further require the sheriff and the Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products for all female prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves under certain conditions

To amend Sections 14-3-44 and 14-6-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to items required to be provided to prisoners in a county jail or a state penitentiary; to further require the sheriff and the Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners under certain conditions.

Section 1

Sections 14-3-44 and 14-6-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:

§14-3-44.

(a) All convicts prisoners must be clothed during the term of their imprisonment in a comfortable manner in coarse and cheap clothing made in a uniform and peculiar style so as to distinguish them from other persons.

(b) The Department of Corrections shall provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves, at the expense of the department, as soon as is practicable, upon request by the female prisoner.

§14-6-19.

Necessary clothing and bedding must be furnished by the sheriff or jailer, at the expense of the county, to those prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves, and also necessary medicines and medical attention to those who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them for themselves. The sheriff of a county shall provide to those prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves, at the expense of the county, all of the following:

(1) Necessary clothing and bedding.

(2) Necessary medicine and medical attention to those prisoners who are sick or injured.

(3) Feminine hygiene products to female prisoners, as soon as is practicable, upon request by the female prisoner."

Section 2

This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Action Date Chamber Action
May 23, 2019 H Delivered to Governor at 9:45 a.m. on May 23, 2019.
May 23, 2019 H Assigned Act No. 2019-306.
May 23, 2019 H Clerk of the House Certification
May 23, 2019 S Signature Requested
May 23, 2019 S Concurred in Second House Amendment
May 22, 2019 H Enrolled
May 22, 2019 H Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 886
May 22, 2019 H Concurrence Requested
May 21, 2019 S Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 942
May 21, 2019 S Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 941
May 21, 2019 S Coleman-Madison Amendment Offered
May 21, 2019 S Third Reading Passed
April 25, 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 199
April 16, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 198
April 16, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 197
April 16, 2019 H County and Municipal Government Amendment #2 Offered
April 16, 2019 H County and Municipal Government Amendment #1 Offered
April 16, 2019 H Third Reading Passed
April 11, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 2 amendments
April 2, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Alexander motion to Concur In and Adopt
2019-05-22
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-05-21
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Coleman-Madison motion to Adopt
2019-05-21
Chamber: Senate
Result: Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-04-16
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Adopt
2019-04-16
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Adopt
2019-04-16
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Document Type Document Location
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB308-enr.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB308-eng.pdf
Bill Text http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB308-int.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/199119-1.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/199116-1.pdf
Bill Amendments http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/200612-1.pdf

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