SB354 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated Apr 23, 2021

Senate Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2021

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve Livingston
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Law enforcement officers, judges, and prosecutors, confidentiality, to restrict disclosure of personal information of
Description: This bill would restrict the disclosure or publishing of the home address or telephone number of law enforcement officers, judges, and prosecutors and would impose civil and criminal penalties for violation.
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.
Subjects: Confidential Information