HB115 Alabama 2015 Session

Under Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Article VIII, Section 177 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, a citizen loses the right to vote if convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude

This bill would create the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act

This bill would provide for legislative findings and purposes and would provide a definition of moral turpitude that lists the crimes which disqualify otherwise eligible citizens from voting

To create the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act; to provide for legislative findings and purposes; and to provide further for Chapter 3 of Title 17 of the Code of Alabama 1975, by adding a new Section 17-3-30.1 to list the offenses that constitute a felony involving moral turpitude.