HB292 Alabama 2022 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Crimes and offenses, incest, crime further provided for to include additional sexual activity as prohibited behavior under the offense, Sec. 13A-13-3 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, without regard to
consent, an individual may not marry or engage in
sexual intercourse with another individual when
those individuals are related by certain degrees of
consanguinity, adoption, or, in certain situations,
marriage</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would further provide for the
crime of incest to prohibit sodomy or sexual
contact between individuals when those individuals
are related by certain degrees of consanguinity,
adoption, or, in certain situations, marriage</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 crimes and offenses; to amend Section
13A-13-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
crime of incest, to include sodomy and sexual contact as
prohibited behavior within the meaning of the offense; 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.
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Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 8, 2022 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB292 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |