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AL SB33

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2012

Primary Sponsor

Robert Ward

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2012

AI Summary

  • Proposes a constitutional amendment titled "American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment" to prohibit Alabama courts from applying or enforcing foreign law when doing so would violate constitutional rights guaranteed by the U.S. or Alabama Constitutions.

  • Defines foreign law as any law, rule, or legal code established or applied outside U.S. states or territories, or adopted by any people, group, or culture different from U.S. or Alabama law.

  • Requires courts, arbitrators, and administrative agencies to modify or invalidate contractual provisions choosing foreign law or foreign venue if enforcement would violate constitutional rights, including due process, freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press, privacy, or marriage rights.

  • Exempts business entities (corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, business associations) that voluntarily contract to subject themselves to foreign law in jurisdictions outside Alabama and the United States.

  • Allows Alabama to refuse full faith and credit to public acts, records, or judicial proceedings of other states when they violate Alabama's public policy.

Legislative Description

Foreign law, application in violation of rights guaranteed United States and Alabama citizens, prohibited, exceptions, American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment, const. amend.

Constitutional Amendments

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

2/7/2012

Committee Referrals

Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections2/7/2012

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