HB20 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris England Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Firearms, penalty for failure to inform when in possession and questioned

Description

Under existing law, a person has a duty to inform a law enforcement officer that he or she is in possession of a concealed pistol or firearm upon request.

This bill would provide that the failure of an individual to inform a law enforcement officer that he or she is in possession of a concealed pistol or firearm upon request is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the section. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions HB20 INTRODUCED contained in the section.

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Subjects

Crimes & Offenses; Firearms