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AL HB308
Bill
Status
2/20/2020
Primary Sponsor
Shane Stringer
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AI Summary
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Creates the Alabama Responding Officer Warning System (AROWS), a statewide database of all concealed carry pistol permits managed by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and updated daily by county sheriffs.
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Database includes permit holder information such as full name, address, driver's license number, physical description, photograph, permit number, issuance and expiration dates, and validity status.
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Includes official probate court records of involuntary mental health commitments and permits sheriffs to add county jail records showing recent arrests and criminal case dispositions.
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Restricts database access to federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and probation officers for lawful criminal justice purposes; unauthorized public disclosure is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Establishes cost-sharing mechanism with annual pro-rata contributions from county sheriffs and allows individual sheriffs to charge applicants up to $0.50 per year of permit validity to fund system operations.
Legislative Description
Concealed carry permits, to create a statewide information database on pistol permits known as the AROWS system, managed by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, further provide for appearance and contents of permits, Sec. 13A-11-75 am'd.
Firearms
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2/20/2020