HB60 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2024

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Brock Colvin Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2024
Title: Crimes and offenses, crimes of abuse and neglect of an adult with a disability in the first, second and third degree and crimes of financial exploitation of an adult with a disability in the first, second, and third degree, created
Description: Under existing law, the abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of an elderly person is prohibited.
Also under existing law, financial services providers are authorized to refuse or delay execution of a financial transaction if the provider has reasonable cause to suspect that financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult has occurred.
This bill would create the Alabama Adults with Disabilities Protection Act to prohibit certain intentional and reckless abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of adults with disabilities.
This bill would create the crimes of abuse and neglect of an adult with a disability in the first, second, and third degrees and provides criminal penalties.
This bill would create the crimes of financial exploitation of an adult with a disability in the first, second, and third degrees, and provides criminal penalties.
This bill would require prosecutions of abuse and neglect of an adult with a disability and financial exploitation of an adult with a disability to be commenced within seven years of the offense.
HB60 INTRODUCED This bill would also provide civil immunity for any individual or entity investigating any report of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an adult with a disability.
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 amendment. 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 contained in the amendment.
Subjects: Crimes & Offenses