HB6 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kenneth Paschal Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to parental rights; to establish legislative findings relating to the fundamental rights of parents; and to provide that the government may not burden certain fundamental rights of parents.

Description

Existing precedent of the Alabama Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court provides that fit parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children.

This bill would establish legislative findings relating to the fundamental rights of parents.

This bill would also provide that the government may not burden certain fundamental rights of parents unless the burden is narrowly tailored to a compelling state interest.

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Subjects

Parental rights, fundamental rights of parents provided for