Relating to the surrender of infants; to amend Sections 26-25-1, 26-25-2, 26-25-3, and 26-25-5, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 26-25-1.1 and 26-25-1.2 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the surrender of an infant to an emergency medical services provider or a hospital; to provide for the surrender of an infant in a baby safety device that meets certain requirements; to authorize the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to baby safety devices; to provide for an investigation into whether a surrendered infant is a missing child; to provide an affirmative defense to certain charges to parents who surrender an infant; to further provide for civil immunity for emergency medical services providers who accept surrendered infants; and to repeal Section 26-25-4, Code of Alabama 1975.
Summary
Surrender of infants; anonymous surrender of infants to emergency medical services provider or hospital, provided for; installation and maintenance of baby safety devices, provided for; Department of Public Health, authorized to adopt rules; certain affirmative defenses, provided to parents; certain immunity from liability, provided to emergency medical services providers
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 16, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2023 · House May 24, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 34
Jun 1, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Veterans and Military Affairs)
upper
May 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Veterans and Military Affairs)
upper
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Children and Senior Advocacy)
lower
May 16, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Children and Senior Advocacy)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donna Givens
RRepublican
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