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HB16
YJYRNN2-1
By Representative Bolton
RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 08-Jul-24
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PFD: 08-Jul-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under current law, it is a crime to give a false
name or address to a law enforcement officer in the
course of the officer's official duties with the intent
to mislead the officer.
This bill would also make it a crime to give a
false date of birth to a law enforcement officer in the
course of the officer's official duties with the intent
to mislead the officer.
Under current law, a law enforcement officer may
stop an individual the officer suspects is committing,
has committed, or is about to commit a felony or other
public offense and demand the individual's name,
address, and an explanation of the individual's
actions.
This bill would also authorize a law enforcement
officer to demand an individual's date of birth if the
officer suspects the individual is committing, has
committed, or is about to commit a felony or other
public offense.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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AN ACT
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Sections
13A-9-18.1 and 15-5-30, Code of Alabama 1975; to further
provide for the information a law enforcement officer can
demand in the course of the officer's official duties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Sections 13A-9-18.1 and 15-5-30, Code of
Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
"§13A-9-18.1
(a) A person commits the crime of giving a false name
or address information to a law enforcement officer if the
person gives a false name or, address, or date of birth to a
law enforcement officer in the course of the officer's
official duties with intent to mislead the officer.
(b) Giving a false name or address information to a law
enforcement officer is a Class A misdemeanor."
"§15-5-30
A sheriff or other officer acting as sheriff, his
deputy or any constable, acting within their respective
counties, any marshal, deputy marshal or policeman of any
incorporated city or town within the limits of the county or
any highway patrolman or state trooper law enforcement officer
may stop any person abroad individual in a public place whom
he the officer reasonably suspects is committing, has
committed, or is about to commit a felony or other public
offense and may demand of him the individual his or her name,
address, date of birth, and an explanation of his or her
actions."
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actions."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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