HB100 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Adline ClarkeRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Establishing penalties for crimes against election officials

Summary

HB100 raises penalties for crimes against election officials tied to their official role and expands the set of felonies that can disqualify someone from voting for moral turpitude.

What This Bill Does

It creates a new law that imposes minimum prison terms depending on the felony class when a crime is proven to be motivated by the victim’s role as an election official, and it designates such crimes as crimes of moral turpitude. It defines who counts as an election official for this purpose. It also revises the voting-disqualification rules to include a comprehensive list of felonies involving moral turpitude that would disqualify voting, and states that only offenses on that list (which can be expanded only by future amendment) count toward disqualification; it also notes that a felony committed against an election official under this act is included. The act becomes effective October 1, 2024.

Who It Affects

• Election officials and their staff/volunteers, who would be subject to higher penalties if a crime against them is shown to be motivated by their official role and would have those acts treated as crimes of moral turpitude.
• People who are convicted of certain felonies involving moral turpitude (as defined by the updated voting-disqualification law), who would lose the right to vote if convicted of any listed offense; the list is long and can only be expanded by amendment.

Key Provisions

• Adds Section 13A-5-14 establishing increased penalties for crimes against an election official motivated by the official's role, with minimum sentences by felony class and a minimum three months for misdemeanors; includes possible habitual offender enhancements.
• Defines 'election official' to include absentee election managers, clerks, inspectors, poll workers, registrars, judges of probate or their employees, and the Secretary of State or their employees.
• Amends Section 17-3-30.1 to create a comprehensive list of felonies involving moral turpitude that disqualify a person from voting; specifies that disqualification applies only to those listed offenses and includes any felony against an election official under Section 13A-5-14.
• States that additions to the moral turpitude list can only be made by amendment to the section; the act becomes effective October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Crimes & Offenses