Crimes and procedure; crimes of indecent exposure and other sex crimes further provided to include additional victims; crime of inpatient custodial sexual misconduct, established; domestic violence offenses, further prov
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Officially: “Crimes and procedure; crimes of indecent exposure and other sex crimes further provided to include additional victims; crime of inpatient custodial sexual misconduct, established; domestic violence offenses, further provided to include additional victims and criminal penalties” Read the full text
2026 regular session
What it does
This act amends Sections 12-21-148, 13A-6-43, 13A-6-44, 13A-6-68, 13A-6-111, 13A-6-124, 13A-6-243, 15-20A-5, 15-20A-6, 15-20A-44, 15-25-31, and 26-14-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) to remove the affirmative defense to kidnapping in the first degree of safely releasing the victim uninjured; (2) add the use or intended use of deception or physical or deadly force to the elements of kidnapping in the second degree and revise the affirmative defense thereto to apply only if the actor's purpose is
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Where it is
Enacted (latest official status) · Jan 21, 2026
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The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
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Recorded votes
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-04-02 · yeas 32, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-01 · yeas 66, nays 0, abstains 32
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-01 · yeas 66, nays 0, abstains 32
Recorded voteHouse · 2026-04-01 · yeas 66, nays 0, abstains 32
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 34, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 34, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 34, nays 0, abstains 0
Recorded voteSenate · 2026-03-04 · yeas 34, nays 0, abstains 0
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