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House committee considers bill allowing arrest of those cursing, making obscene gestures at first responders

The Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on a bill allowing criminal charges for approaching or remaining within 25 feet of a first responder when commanded and for cursing or using obscene gestures.   

Drama in the House as lawmakers push back against bill prohibiting youthful offender status for those over 16 charged with intentional murder

In what began as a swift day of passing bills, the House ground to a halt over legislation by State Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen) that would prohibit judges from offering youthful offender status to those over 16 years of age who are charged with intentional murder or capital murder.

House passes multiple bills in Ivey’s 'Safe Alabama' package: ‘Solidifies Alabama as a state that fully backs its men and women in blue’

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed two bills and one resolution in Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Safe Alabama” public safety package, including one bill creating scholarships for long-term law enforcement officers’ dependents and another that allows the pardons and paroles board and other state agencies to electronically monitor certain juvenile offenders.

Lawmakers add teeth to legislation requiring law enforcement to produce staffing, crime reports — 'We will no longer tolerate anyone fudging these numbers for self-promotion’

Lawmakers intend to add further teeth to proposed legislation mandating every county and municipal law enforcement agency to disclose annually how many officers are on staff, with a special emphasis applied to Birmingham and Montgomery.