SB258 Summary

• Amends Section 36-1-12 of the Alabama Code to expand the definition of "officer, employee, or agent of the state" to include officers, employees, and agents of governmental entities as defined in Section 11-93-1, which encompasses municipalities, counties, and their instrumentalities.

• Extends immunity protections to governmental entity employees so they receive the same civil liability protections as state employees when acting in their official capacity.

• Provides immunity from civil liability in personal capacity for state and governmental entity employees when conducting specified activities including formulating policies, exercising administrative judgment, enforcing criminal laws, and discharging statutory duties.

• Carves out exceptions to immunity when conduct violates federal or state constitutions or laws regulating governmental agencies, or when employees act willfully, maliciously, fraudulently, in bad faith, beyond their authority, or under mistaken interpretation of law.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.