After failing to receive Senate deliberation in the 2024 legislative session, State Rep. Kerry Underwood (R-Tuscumbia) has pre-filed a bill for the 2025 legislative session that would bar convicted sex offenders from being employed or volunteering as first responders.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard arguments on a case that challenges Alabama state law prohibiting a convicted sex offender from living with a minor after a man brought suit challenging the law keeping him from living in the same house as his child.
The Alabama Senate unanimously passed a bill by State Rep. Leigh Hulsey (R-Helena) on Thursday that would make it a felony for church clergy to have sexual interactions with someone under 19 years old.
A bill that would allow periodic polygraphs as part of a sex offender treatment has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.
State Rep. Kerry Underwood (R-Tuscumbia) has filed legislation to prohibit sex offenders from being employed or volunteering as first responders.