HB372 Alabama 2022 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Crimes and offenses, elder abuse, crime further provided, definition of emotional abuse further provided, Secs. 13A-6-191, 13A-6-192 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, elder abuse and neglect
in the first degree is a Class A felony</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would further provide for the
crime of elder abuse and neglect in the first
degree to include the sexual abuse of an elderly
person and to include humiliation in the definition
of emotional abuse</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 elder abuse, to further provide for the
definition of emotional abuse; to further provide for the
crime of elder abuse and neglect in the first degree, to
include sexual abuse; 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.
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Subjects
Crimes and Offenses
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 16, 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 | HB372 Alabama 2022 Session - Introduced |