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  6. SB153 Alabama 2021 Session

SB153 Alabama 2021 Session

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

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Rodger Smitherman
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Expungement, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses, to increase the filing fee for expungements, Secs. 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7 to 15-27-10, inclusive, 15-27-19 am'd.
Description

Under current law, a person convicted of a criminal offense may only apply for an expungement in very limited circumstances

This bill would expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, 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 expungement; to amend Sections 15-27-1, 15-27-2, 15-27-4, 15-27-5, 15-27-7, 15-27-8, 15-27-9, 15-27-10, and 15-27-19, Code of Alabama 1975, to expand the expungement of criminal records to include convictions of certain misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinances, and felony offenses; to increase the filing fee for petitions for expungement; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; 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, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

Subjects
Expungement

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 24, 2021 S Pending third reading on day 9 Favorable from Judiciary
February 24, 2021 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 2, 2021 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing February 24, 2021 ROOM 325/ADDED on SB261 at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB153 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB153 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - SB153 for Judiciary
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