HB 454 Alabama House · 2025 Regular Session

Crimes and offenses; crime of tampering with a legislative record, established

HB 454 establishes a new crime related to tampering with legislative records. This bill directly affects individuals who modify or interfere with official legislative documents. Its primary mechanism is to define and penalize such actions, aiming to protect the integrity of legislative processes and records.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 19, 2025 Last action May 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 22, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to clarify the legal requirements for publishing local law notices and to establish a specific crime for tampering with legislative records. The changes add a new section to the Code of Alabama that makes it a crime for anyone publishing a legal notice to alter the notice's description of a proposed law without the sponsoring legislator's permission. The effective date was set to October 1, 2025, and the bill passed the House of Representatives with 94 votes in favor and 1 against.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly defines the crime of tampering with a legislative record and establishes specific conditions under which such tampering occurs, including unauthorized alterations to published legal notices.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new Section 13A-10-12.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, creating a specific crime for tampering with legislative records when legal notices are altered without authorization.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific requirements that the notice must be published in accordance with Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 prior to bill introduction.

TIMELINE

Set the effective date of the act to October 1, 2025.

TECHNICAL

Updated document metadata from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' and changed version number from YMKRC6N-1 to YMKRC6N-2.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee Second House

upper

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 937

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Robbins motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 936

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Introduced

Robbins 1st Amendment Offered

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors