Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 08:30:00
HB49 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB49 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
In Second Chamber
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Matt Simpson RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Crimes and offenses; rape 1st and sodomy 1st; penalties further provided for
- Description
Under existing law, rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree are Class A felonies.
This bill would require that a person 18 years of age or older convicted of rape in the first degree or sodomy in the first degree when the victim is less than six years of age shall be punished to either death or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and if the offending person is less than 18 years of age sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or life.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
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
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 64
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 63 N2H58T8-1
H
Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered N2H58T8-1
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 from House Judiciary N2H58T8-1
H
Judiciary 1st Amendment Y84X2N6-1
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Judiciary N2H58T8-1
H
Judiciary 1st Amendment Y84X2N6-1
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 617 at 14:30:00
Bill Text
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Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 64
Yes
86
No
5
Abstained
9
Absent
5
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 63 https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/N2H58T8-1.pdf
Yes
98
Absent
7
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
98
Absent
7
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
98
Absent
7
Documents
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB49 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB49 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Judiciary Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
House Judiciary Judiciary 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature