AL SB64

Amends Section 13A-6-61 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to add a new subsection (c) requiring mandatory termination of parental rights for persons convicted of first degree rape.

Applies when a child is born as a result of the rape conviction, requiring the defendant's parental rights to be terminated pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 15 of Title 12.

First degree rape remains defined as: sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion, with a person incapable of consent due to physical helplessness or mental incapacity, or by a person 16 or older with a person under 12 years old.

Rape in the first degree continues to be classified as a Class A felony.

Act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval or upon otherwise becoming law.