SB207 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Holley Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Motor vehicles, removal of child or incapacitated person from locked vehicle, immunity under certain conditions

Description

Under existing law, a licensed day care center, child care facility, program providing day care service to incapacitated persons, or child care service exempt from licensing, or an employee thereof, is prohibited from leaving a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm.

Also under existing law, there is no specific provision that provides criminal immunity to a person who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would prohibit any person from leaving a child or an incapacitated person in a motor vehicle unattended in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm.

This bill would also provide criminal immunity to a person who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle.

This bill would provide civil and criminal immunity to a public safety official who rescues a child or incapacitated person from an unattended motor vehicle.

Subjects

Motor Vehicles