HB 75 Alabama House · 2023 Regular Session

Relating to the Alabama Private Investigation Regulatory Act; to designate as Article 1, Sections 34-25B-1 to 34-25B-29, inclusive, Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Sections 34-25B-2, 34-25B-3, 34-25B-4, 34-25B-7, 34-25B-10, 34-25B-11, 34-25B-12, 34-25B-13, 34-25B-14, 34-25B-17, 34-25B-18, 34-25B-21, 34-25B-22, and 34-25B-26 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Private Investigation Board; to add Section 34-25B-12.1 and add a new Article 2, commencing with Section 34-25B-50 to Chapter 25B, Title 34 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to require applicants for private investigator licenses to complete education and work experience; to clarify those fees collected by the board that must be deposited into the Alabama Private Investigation Board Fund; to provide further for the qualifications for licensure as a private investigator; to provide further for criminal history background checks for applicants for licensure; to authorize the board to grant inactive status to licensees and to provide, by rule, for a procedure and fee to reinstate an inactive license; to provide for administrative penalties against any person practicing without a license; to require licensees to report arrests to the board within 72 hours; and to clarify that the number of hours of continuing education required to maintain licensure is 16 hours during the two-year license period; to license private investigator apprentices and allow apprentices to gain work experience through an internship; to provide for licensure of apprentices as private investigators after completing certain requirements; and to provide for licensure of private investigation agencies that do business in the state; 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
Alabama Private Investigation Board; qualifications for licensure and renewal of licensure revised, inactive status, continuing education, apprenticeship license, and agency requirements provided
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023 Signed Jun 2, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 24, 2023 · House Apr 20, 2023

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
May 24, 2023
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
26 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (State Governmental Affairs)
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Arnold Mooney
Arnold Mooney
RRepublican
AL
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