HB21 Alabama 2022 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Critical infrastructure, provides further for crime of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure, including unmanned aircraft systems, provides additional penalties, Sec. 13A-7-4.3 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the unauthorized entry
of a critical infrastructure is a crime</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would further define critical
infrastructure to include pipelines, mining
operations, and mining infrastructure</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide for enhanced
criminal penalties for the act of damaging a
critical infrastructure while committing the crime
of unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure
and for doing so while operating certain unmanned
aircraft systems</p><p class="bill_description">
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, 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. 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 critical infrastructure; to amend
Section 13A-7-4.3, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide
for the crime of unauthorized entry of a critical
infrastructure, including by certain unmanned aircraft
systems; to provide additional penalties; and in connection
therewith to 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.
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Subjects
Critical Infrastructure
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2022 | H | Stadthagen motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote |
| February 10, 2022 | H | Motion to Substitute SB17 FOR HB21 adopted Roll Call 129 |
| February 10, 2022 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 128 |
| February 10, 2022 | H | Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered |
| February 10, 2022 | H | Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed |
| February 2, 2022 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| January 11, 2022 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | February 2, 2022 | Room 206 at 09:00 | House PS&HS Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB21 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Amendments | House Public Safety and Homeland Security first Amendment Offered |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB21 for Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| Fiscal Note | Fiscal Note - HB21 for Public Safety and Homeland Security |