Hearing
Senate Judiciary Hearing
Room 325 at 11:00:00
HB537 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB537 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Ontario J. Tillman RepresentativeDemocrat - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Criminal procedure, provides that an Aniah's Law hearing satisfies the right to a preliminary hearing
- Description
Under existing law, a person charged with and arrested for a felony has an absolute right to a preliminary hearing before his or her indictment.
This bill would provide that a pretrial detention hearing held for a person charged with one of the offenses listed under Aniah's Law shall satisfy a defendant's right to a pretrial hearing.
- Subjects
- Criminal Procedure
Bill Actions
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 1054
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
Calendar
Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 1054
Yes
103
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
101
Abstained
1
Absent
1
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
101
Abstained
1
Absent
1
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB537 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature