Alabama Senate Bill 213
Session 2023rs
Relating to the Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993; to amend Sections 15-13-107, 15-13-111, 15-13-114, 15-13-118, 15-13-125, 15-13-128, 15-13-131, 15-13-132, 15-13-134, 15-13-136, 15-13-137, 15-13-138, 15-13-139, 15-13-140, 15-13-141, 15-13-145, 15-13-159, 15-13-160, and 15-13-164, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the acceptance of certain filing fees by the sheriff or jailer; to further define cash bail and property bail; to provide further for the arrest and delivery of a defendant to jail by a surety with no court costs to be entered on the surety; to provide that a surety not be charged for a bondsman's process or for a certified copy of a bond; to require the license number of the bondsman or recovery on a bondsman's process form; to allow a surety to sign for a forfeiture with the clerk of the ordering court; to increase the time frame for which the ordering court has jurisdiction over a forfeiture action; to authorize a bail bondsman to file motions, answers, and notices relating to a defendant who is out on bond with that bondsman; to increase the time frames for providing notice and conducting hearings in conditional forfeiture proceedings; to remove the requirement that a conditional judgment to set aside be made absolute for the entire sum; to provide further for instances when a court may set aside forfeiture and may not release a defendant on judicial public bail; to provide further for eligibility for judicial public bail; to provide further for the amount of new corporate surety bonds and escrow agreements required in counties with populations of 200,000 or more; to provide further for criminal penalties for certain unlawful behavior; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; 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 Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 14, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
213
State
Alabama
Session
2023rs
David Sessions
grade
Primary
Motion Text
Roll of the S for Vote 1289 on SB213 (2023 Regular Session)
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Summary
Alabama Bail Reform Act of 1993, cash bail and property bail defined and provided for, time frame for forfeiture action extended
Act 2023-476
Fiscal Note: As Passed Second Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note: As Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note: As Introduced
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06/14/2023
Office of the Governor
Enacted as 2023-476
06/07/2023
Senate
Enrolled
06/06/2023
House
On Third Reading in Second House
06/06/2023
House
Adopt
06/06/2023
House
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
06/06/2023
Senate
Concur In and Adopt
05/31/2023
House
AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
05/31/2023
House
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
05/31/2023
House
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
05/31/2023
House
Read Second Time in Second House
05/25/2023
Senate
Read First Time in Second House
05/25/2023
House
Referred to Committee (Judiciary)
05/24/2023
Senate
On Third Reading in House of Origin
05/24/2023
Senate
Adopt
05/24/2023
Senate
Adopt
05/24/2023
Senate
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
05/03/2023
Senate
Reported Favorably (Banking and Insurance)
05/03/2023
Senate
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
05/03/2023
Senate
Reported Favorably (Banking and Insurance)
05/03/2023
Senate
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
05/03/2023
Senate
Read Second Time in House of Origin
04/18/2023
Senate
Read First Time in House of Origin
04/18/2023
Senate
Introduced and Referred (Banking and Insurance)
Sources
AL Legislature
Record Created
Apr 19, 2023 8:44:38 AM
Record Updated
Jun 21, 2023 1:19:25 PM