HB500 Alabama 2019 Session
Bill Summary
Existing law criminalizes littering and provides penalties
This bill would provide additional penalties for criminal littering and include enhanced penalties for littering of cigarettes, cigars, containers of urine, restaurant food containers, and other specified waste items
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
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. 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
Relating to littering; to amend Sections 13A-7-29, 23-5-6, 32-5-76, 32-5A-60, and 33-6-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional penalties for criminal littering to include enhanced penalties for littering of cigarettes, cigars, containers of urine, restaurant food containers, and other specified waste items; to include within the enhanced penalties increased fines, mandatory community service requirements, and assessments of driver license points when littering is committed from a motor vehicle; 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.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2019 | H | Delivered to Governor at 5:44 p.m. on May 31, 2019. |
| May 31, 2019 | H | Assigned Act No. 2019-530. |
| May 31, 2019 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| May 31, 2019 | S | Signature Requested |
| May 31, 2019 | H | Enrolled |
| May 31, 2019 | H | Passed Second House |
| May 31, 2019 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1483 |
| May 31, 2019 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| May 30, 2019 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| May 28, 2019 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Education Policy |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Engrossed |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Eaterbrook intended to vote Yea |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1027 |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1026 |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Wilcox Amendment Offered |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| May 14, 2019 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 23, 2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | May 29, 2019 | ****Room Change to Room 320**** at 10:00 | Senate ED Hearing |
| Hearing | May 29, 2019 | Room 825 at 10:00 | Senate ED Hearing |
| Hearing | May 14, 2019 | Room 206 at 12:00 | House SG Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB500 Alabama 2019 Session - Enrolled |
| Bill Text | HB500 Alabama 2019 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB500 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Amendments | House Wilcox Amendment Offered |