Hearing
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Hearing
Room 206 at 09:30:00
HB34 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Jan 23, 2026
HB34 Alabama 2026 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2026 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Ronald Bolton RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Crimes and offenses; crime of giving false information to a law enforcement officer, established; crime of refusing to give a law enforcement officer information, established
- Description
Under existing law, giving a false name or address to a law enforcement is a Class A misdemeanor.
This bill would re-establish the criminal offense as giving false information to a law enforcement officer.
Under existing law, a law enforcement officer who has a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur may conduct a brief investigatory stop.
This bill would provide that if a person willfully refuses to answer certain questions during the course of an investigatory stop, the person is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
- Subjects
- Crimes & Offenses
Bill Actions
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Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
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Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Public Safety and Homeland Security QNWKL15-1
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Pending House Public Safety and Homeland Security
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Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
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Prefiled
Calendar
Bill Text
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB34 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Public Safety and Homeland Security Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature