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AL HJR12

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

2/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Alan Baker

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2017

AI Summary

  • Names the portion of Alabama Highway 21 from the intersection of Interstate 65 to the intersection of Alabama Highway 21 and Smithfield Road as the Alabama Correctional Officer Kenneth L. Bettis Memorial Highway
  • Honors Correctional Officer Kenneth L. Bettis, who was assaulted and stabbed by an inmate on September 1, 2016, at William C. Holman Correctional Facility and died from the injury on September 16, 2016
  • Officer Bettis served seven years with the Alabama Department of Corrections entirely at William C. Holman Correctional Facility and was a member of the Alabama Army National Guard's 142nd Battlefield Surveillance Brigade who served in Iraq
  • Requests appropriate officials to place and maintain signs or markers commemorating the memorial highway designation

Legislative Description

Kenneth L. Bettis Memorial Highway, portion of Alabama Highway 21, named

Resolutions, Designation

Last Action

Forwarded to Governor at 3:08 p.m. on February 28, 2017.

2/28/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules2/14/2017
Rules2/7/2017

Full Bill Text

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