HB454 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve Hurst Representative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Crimes and offenses; crime of tampering with a legislative record, established

Description

Under existing law, no local law shall be passed by the Legislature unless notice of the intention to introduce the legislation is published in the affected county. The notice must generally be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected county at least once a week for four consecutive weeks.

This bill would provide that if a person is tasked with advertising the legal notice of a local bill as required by law, the person commits the crime of tampering with a legislative record if, without authorization, the person intentionally alters the notice to change the description of the proposed local law's scope, purpose, or effect.

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Subjects

Crimes & Offenses