Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
SB53 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
SB53 Alabama 2025 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Wes Kitchens RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Crimes and offenses, crimes of concealing an illegal alien and human smuggling established, process for determining if a detainee is an illegal alien established
- Description
Under existing law, when an alien or a suspected alien is arrested and booked in a state, county, or municipal jail, a reasonable effort shall be made to determine if that individual is an illegal alien.
This bill would further provide for the process in which an administrator in charge of a state, county, or municipal jail, or his or her designee, is to determine whether an individual arrested and booked in the jail is an illegal alien.
This bill would repeal a criminal provision concerning illegal immigration that was held invalid by the federal court and would establish the new crime of concealing an illegal alien and would provide criminal penalties for violations.
This bill would also create the crime of human smuggling and would provide criminal penalties for violations.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
Bill Actions
S
Enacted
S
Enacted
S
Delivered to Governor
H
Signature Requested
S
Enrolled
S
Ready to Enroll
S
Kitchens Concur In and Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1053
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1181
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1180 FK1E2CC-1
H
Judiciary Engrossed Substitute Offered FK1E2CC-1
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee Second House from House Judiciary FK1E2CC-1
H
Judiciary 1st Amendment ZQZFMRW-1
H
Pending House Judiciary
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary
S
Engrossed
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 96
S
Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 95 84WWM22-1
S
Singleton 1st Amendment Offered 84WWM22-1
S
Carried Over to the Call of the Chair
S
Kitchens motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 92 JD3VFYN-1
S
Kitchens 1st Substitute Offered JD3VFYN-1
S
Third Reading in House of Origin
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
S
Pending Senate County and Municipal Government
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
Calendar
Hearing
House Judiciary Hearing
Room 200 at 13:30:00
Hearing
Senate County and Municipal Government Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 14:00:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 96
Yes
24
No
8
Absent
2
Singleton motion to Adopt - Roll Call 95 84WWM22-1
Yes
32
Absent
2
Kitchens motion to Adopt - Roll Call 92 JD3VFYN-1
Yes
24
No
7
Absent
3
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
24
No
7
Absent
3
SBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
24
No
7
Absent
3
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1181
Yes
80
No
18
Abstained
5
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1180 FK1E2CC-1
Yes
92
Abstained
9
Absent
2
Kitchens Concur In and Adopt - Roll Call 1053
Yes
30
Absent
4
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
SB53 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
SB53 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
SB53 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
Senate Singleton motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 95
Amendment
Senate Kitchens motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 92
Amendment
House Judiciary Reported Out of Committee Second House
Amendment
House Judiciary Judiciary 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by Second Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature