SB301 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, a person convicted of certain offenses is prohibited from owning a firearm

This bill would provide for additional offenses that would prohibit a convicted person from owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition

This bill would provide various penalties for unlawful ownership of certain firearms

This bill would also establish certain sentencing requirements for firearm-related offenders and would exclude any convicted firearm-related offender from eligibility for certain correctional programs under certain conditions

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to firearms; to amend Sections 13A-11-70, 13A-11-72 and 13A-11-84 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to add 13A-11-72.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit certain persons from owning a firearm; to exclude certain individuals from correctional programs under certain conditions; to establish certain sentencing requirements for certain offenders and exclude those offenders from certain correctional programs under certain conditions; to further provide for penalties; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.