SB13 Alabama 2016 Session
Bill Summary
This bill would create the Alabama Heritage Preservation Act of 2016
This bill would prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of certain commemorative statues, monuments, memorials, or plaques which are located on public property
This bill would prohibit any person from preventing the governmental entity having responsibility for maintaining the objects from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the objects
This bill would authorize the Alabama Legislative Council to grant waivers under certain circumstances and would provide for the levy of fines against governmental entities that act without approval of the Legislative Council
This bill would also exempt certain art and artifacts, the Department of Transportation, and local highway departments under certain limited circumstances
To create the Alabama Heritage Preservation Act of 2016; to prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of statues, monuments, memorials, or plaques located on public property; to prohibit any person from preventing the governmental entity responsible for maintaining the objects from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the objects; to authorize the Alabama Legislative Council to grant waivers; to provide for the levy of fines for violations of the waiver process; and to exempt certain art and artifacts, the Department of Transportation, and local highway departments under certain limited circumstances.
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2016 | H | Further Consideration |
| May 4, 2016 | H | Ford motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote |
| May 4, 2016 | H | South Motion to withdraw his substitue adopted Voice Vote |
| May 4, 2016 | H | Third Reading Carried Over |
| May 4, 2016 | H | South motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote |
| May 4, 2016 | H | South first Substitute Offered |
| May 4, 2016 | H | Third Reading Carried Over |
| March 3, 2016 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government |
| March 17, 2016 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Engrossed |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 258 |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Allen motion to Adopt Committee Substitute adopted Roll Call 257 |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Rules Petition to Cease Debate adopted Roll Call 256 |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered |
| March 3, 2016 | S | Unfinished Business |
| March 1, 2016 | S | Motion to Carry Over as Unfinished Business adopted Voice Vote |
| March 1, 2016 | S | Governmental Affairs first Substitute Offered |
| March 1, 2016 | S | Unfinished Business |
| February 16, 2016 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| February 2, 2016 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | March 16, 2016 | Room 429 at 15:00 | House SG Public Hearing |
| Hearing | February 16, 2016 | Room 316 ***Added public hearing*** at 00:00 | Senate GA Hearing |
| Hearing | February 16, 2016 | Room 316***CHANGE OF LOCATION*** at 13:00 | Senate GA Hearing |
| Hearing | February 9, 2016 | Room 727 at 00:00 | Senate GA Public Hearing |
| Hearing | February 9, 2016 | Room 727 at 13:00 | Senate GA Public Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB13 Alabama 2016 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB13 Alabama 2016 Session - Introduced |