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AL SB170
Bill
Status
4/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Will Barfoot
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AI Summary
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Creates a new crime of loitering specifically on state-maintained public roadways or their right-of-way, with law enforcement authorized to instruct violators to leave and offer transportation to emergency housing before making arrests.
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A second or subsequent loitering violation on state roadways in the same jurisdiction constitutes a Class C misdemeanor; initial violations are treated as violations only.
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Removes the existing prohibition on pedestrians soliciting employment, business, or contributions or distributing articles on highways, allowing such activities unless a city or county permit requirement applies.
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Acknowledges the bill would require new or increased local expenditures but exempts it from constitutional approval requirements because it defines a new crime or amends an existing crime definition.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections 13A-11-9 and 32-5A-216, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit an individual from loitering on a public roadway maintained by the state or in the right-of-way of a public roadway maintained by the state; to remove the prohibition on a pedestrian soliciting employment, business, or contributions or distributing articles on a highway; to provide criminal penalties for violations; 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 2022.
Last Action
Indefinitely Postpone
5/31/2023