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  6. SB 36

SB 36

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Chris Elliott
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Crimes and offenses, crimes motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability, to include employment as a law enforcement officer within the protected class, Sec. 13A-5-13 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, when a person is found guilty of committing a misdemeanor or felony and it is shown beyond a reasonable doubt that the commission of the crime was motivated by the victim's race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or mental disability, the person is subject to heightened criminal penalties

This bill would provide that when a person is found guilty of committing a misdemeanor or felony against a law enforcement officer and it is shown beyond a reasonable doubt that the commission of the crime was motivated by the victim's employment as a law enforcement officer, the person is subject to heightened criminal penalties

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 crimes and offenses; to amend Section 13A-5-13, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional criminal penalties when the commission of a felony or misdemeanor is motivated by the victim's employment as a law enforcement officer; 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.

Subjects
Crimes and Offenses

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 2, 2019 S Judiciary first Amendment Offered
May 2, 2019 S Pending third reading on day 16 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 amendment
May 2, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
March 5, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing May 1, 2019 Committee Room 325 at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing
Hearing April 24, 2019 Committee Room 325 at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB 36 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB 36 - Introduced
Bill Amendments Senate Judiciary first Amendment Offered
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