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AL HB15
Bill
Status
2/7/2017
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Boyd
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AI Summary
HB15 Summary
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Amends Section 13A-10-41 of the Alabama Code to prohibit arrest for resisting arrest unless the officer is concurrently arresting the person for a separate, unrelated crime.
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Defines resisting arrest as intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a law enforcement officer from affecting a lawful arrest of oneself or another person for a separate, unrelated crime.
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Classifies resisting arrest as a Class B misdemeanor.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Resisting arrest, arrest only if perpetrator is concurrently arrested for a separate unrelated crime, Sec. 13A-10-41 am'd.
Arrests
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2/7/2017