SB243 - Definition of Moral Turpitude Act

• Creates the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act to establish a comprehensive list of Alabama felony offenses that disqualify persons from voting under Article VIII, Section 177 of the Alabama Constitution.

• Adds Section 17-3-30.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, listing 65 specific felony offenses declared or deemed by Alabama courts or statutes to involve moral turpitude, including murder, sexual offenses, robbery, burglary, forgery, drug distribution, and obscenity crimes.

• Addresses prior constitutional violations where county registrars unlawfully denied voting rights to all felony convicts regardless of whether their conviction involved moral turpitude, and remediates the absence of an authoritative list of disqualifying offenses.

• Became effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

• Passed the Senate on May 25, 2011 with a vote of 32 Yeas and 0 Nays.