SB123 Alabama 2023 Session
Updated Apr 17, 2023
SB123 Alabama 2023 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2023
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Merika Coleman SenatorDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2023
- Title
- Relating to criminal procedure; to amend Section 15-25-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-201, 2022 Regular Session, to authorize the taking of depositions by video equipment of victims and witnesses of human trafficking under certain conditions.
- Description
Under existing law, when a victim or witness to a sex crime is a child or a protected person, on motion of the district attorney or Attorney General, the court may take the deposition of the victim or witness using video equipment outside of the presence of the defendant.
This bill would authorize victims of human trafficking, without regard to age, to have their depositions taken using video equipment outside of the presence of the defendant.
- Subjects
- Criminal procedure, human trafficking victims, taking of depositions by video equipment, authorized
Bill Actions
S
Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary
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Read First Time in House of Origin
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature