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HB31 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB31 Alabama 2019 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2019
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Juveniles, dependency hearing, allow statements to be entered into evidence in cases if they were made by a child under the age of 12 during a forensic interview and pertain to allegations of abuse against the child, Secs. 12-15-301, 12-15-310 am'd.
Description

Existing law provides rules pertaining to the admissibility of certain statements as evidence when they are presented during a juvenile dependency hearing. These include certain statements made by a child under the age of 12 when those statements pertain to alleged sexual abuse of the child.

This bill would provide that statements made during a forensic interview by a child under the age of 12 may be entered into evidence in a juvenile dependency hearing involving that child, in certain circumstances, if the statements pertain to allegations of abuse committed against the child. This bill would also update defined terms.

Subjects
Juveniles

Bill Actions

H

Delivered to Governor at 1:35 p.m. on May 30, 2019.

H

Assigned Act No. 2019-381.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1363

S

Third Reading Passed

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

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 74

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 73

H

Collins Amendment Offered

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 72

H

Judiciary Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

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

April 2, 2019 House Passed
Yes 102
Absent 2

Motion to Adopt

April 2, 2019 House Passed
Yes 90
Abstained 8
Absent 6

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 30, 2019 Senate Passed
Yes 24
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature