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AL HB401
Bill
Status
4/27/2023
Primary Sponsor
Arnold Mooney
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AI Summary
HB401 Summary
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Designates use of premises to distribute material harmful to minors as a public nuisance, allowing the Attorney General, district attorneys, and authorized local officials to file civil actions to abate and enjoin such nuisances.
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Expands definition of "sexual conduct" to include sexual or gender-oriented material exposing minors to persons in sexually revealing clothing, stripping, or engaged in lewd dancing or drag performances, with specific prohibition in K-12 public schools, public libraries, and other public places where minors are present.
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Updates existing code language to current style and provides technical revisions to Sections 6-5-160, 6-5-160.1, and 13A-12-200.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975.
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Exempts the bill from constitutional requirements for local funding approval because it defines a new crime and amends existing crime definitions.
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Effective date is the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections 6-5-160, 6-5-160.1, and 13A-12-200.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that the use of any premises to distribute material that is harmful to minors is a public nuisance; to further provide for the definition of "sexual conduct;" to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House State Government
4/27/2023