2022 Regular SessionAlabama Legislature

SB235

Legislative Summary

Criminal procedure, protected person defined, child under 16 a person with intellectual disability, protected person to be offered protection in criminal prosecutions for physical offenses, sexual offenses, and violent offenses, use of anatomically correct dolls or mannequins during testimony of a child under 12 or a protected person, authorized, Sec. 15-25-7 added; Sec. 15-25-33 repealed; Secs. 15-25-1, 15-25-2, 15-25-3, 15-25-5, 15-25-6, 15-25-30, 15-25-31, 15-25-32, 15-25-34, 15-25-36, 15-25-37, 15-25-38, 15-25-39 am'd.

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Bill History

2/17/2022
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Senate
3/9/2022
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Senate
4/6/2022
Indefinitely Postponed
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/17/2022)
Chamber
Senate
Sine Die

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Vivian Figures
Vivian Figures
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/17/202262.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/19700.9 KB