Hearing
Senate Judiciary (Senate) Hearing
Room 325 at 08:30:00
HB16 Alabama 2024 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB16 Alabama 2024 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2024
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Chris England RepresentativeDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2024
- Title
- Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993, definition of cash bail revised to allow the court to accept less than the total sum ordered
- Description
Under the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993, if cash bail is set by a judicial officer in a criminal proceeding, the defendant or some person on behalf of the defendant is required to deposit the total sum in cash with the court having jurisdiction.
This bill would authorize the court to accept a cash deposit in an amount less than the total sum upon approval of the judicial officer setting the cash bail.
- Subjects
- Criminal Procedure
Bill Actions
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Judiciary
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 757
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
H
Prefiled
Calendar
Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 757
Yes
71
No
26
Abstained
3
Absent
3
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
82
No
11
Abstained
6
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB16 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB16 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB16 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature