HB405 Alabama 2020 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Resisting arrest, to amend punishment to Class A misdemeanor, to provide that resisting arrest with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument is a Class C felony, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under current law, resisting arrest is a
Class B misdemeanor</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide that resisting
arrest is a Class A misdemeanor and that resisting
arrest with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument
is a Class C felony</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_description">
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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
13A-10-41, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
penalties for resisting arrest; 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.
</p>
Subjects
Resisting Arrest
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2020 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB405 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced |