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AL HB399
Bill
Status
3/14/2017
Primary Sponsor
Timothy Wadsworth
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AI Summary
HB399 Summary
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Amends Section 14-6-19 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to require sheriffs to provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners who are unable to provide them for themselves.
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Products must be provided as soon as practicable upon request by the female prisoner, at county expense.
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Restructures existing law to list sheriff-provided items in numbered format: necessary clothing and bedding, necessary medicine and medical attention for sick or injured prisoners, and feminine hygiene products.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Jails, sheriffs, items required to provide to prisoners, feminine hygiene products required for female prisoners under certain conditions, Sec. 14-6-19 am'd.
Jails
Last Action
Indefinitely Postponed
5/17/2017