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HB36 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Mar 2, 2021
HB36 Alabama 2021 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Prisoners, adopting federal procedures for use of restraints on pregnant women
Description

The federal First Step Act established guidelines for the treatment of prisoners, including procedures for the use of restraints on pregnant federal prisoners.

This bill would adopt the federal procedures relating to use of restraints on pregnant prisoners as state law, and would extend the application of those procedures to arrest, jail, and transport settings as soon as law enforcement is made aware of a pregnancy.

Subjects
Prisons and Prisoners

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature