Relating to judges and justices; to prohibit government agencies, individuals, businesses, and associations from publicly posting or displaying judge's or justice's personal information on the Internet, provided they have received a written request from the judge or justice to refrain from doing so; to prohibit commercial data collectors from knowingly selling, trading, licensing, transferring, or purchasing judges' personal information; to provide for a process for a judge or justice to request their personal information not be made public; to provide for penalties for violations; 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.
Summary
Judges, prohibit certain agencies from publicly posting or displaying a judge's personal information in certain circumstances, to provide for penalties for violations
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 26, 2023
Floor votes · House May 25, 2023
How they voted
100–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 102
May 25, 2023
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican75
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Judiciary)
upper
May 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Judiciary)
lower
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Judiciary)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Hill
RRepublican
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