SB124 Alabama 2023 Session
Updated Apr 17, 2023
SB124 Alabama 2023 Session
Senate Bill
In Committee
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 15-25-3, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2022-201, 2022 Regular Session, to authorize the taking of testimony by closed circuit equipment of victims and witnesses of human trafficking.
- 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 order the testimony of the victim or witness to be taken by closed circuit equipment outside of the presence of the defendant and jury.
This bill would authorize victims and witnesses of human trafficking, without regard to age, to have their testimony taken by closed circuit equipment outside of the presence of the defendant and jury.
- Subjects
- Criminal procedure, victims of human trafficking, authorized to give testimony by closed circuit equipment
Bill Actions
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Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary
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Read First Time in House of Origin
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature