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AL HB156

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Paul Lee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 15-9-41 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to modify provisions regarding arrest on out-of-state warrants.

  • Changes the crime threshold for warrantless arrest from "death or life imprisonment" to "a term exceeding one year" for individuals charged in another state's courts.

  • Requires arrested individuals be brought before a district or circuit court judge with all practicable speed for a complaint made under oath.

  • Updates language to use "individual" instead of "person" and clarifies pronoun usage as "he or she" throughout the statute.

  • Becomes effective immediately upon passage.

Legislative Description

Criminal procedure, out-of-state warrants further provided for

Criminal Procedure

Last Action

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

3/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/18/2025
Judiciary2/4/2025

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