Alabama Legislative Process
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New Laws Filed in the 2011 Legislative Session
Bills relevant to family law practice will be listed here as often as possible
once the 2011 session begins.
House Bills
HB
8. Existing law makes it a crime to knowingly, intentionally,
or recklessly expose a child to a controlled substance, chemical substance,
or drug paraphernalia.This bill would clarify the term "child" to
include an unborn child in utero at any stage of development regardless
of viability. This bill would
establish venue for prosecution for exposure in utero in the county where the
child is born. This bill would create a rebuttable presumption of exposure in
utero if both the mother and the child test positive for the same controlled
substance not prescribed by a physician.
Senate Bills
SB
18. This bill would adopt the Alabama Uniform Collaborative
Law Act.This bill would provide a procedure by which parties to a family
law or domestic relations matter, such as a divorce, custody or visitation
matter, adoption,
parentage, or other premarital, marital, or post-marital agreement, could resolve
the matter through a collaborative law agreement without intervention by an administrative
or judicial tribunal.
SB
25. This bill would rename the Student Harassment Prevention Act
the Alex Moore Anti-Bullying Act.This bill would provide that a student
can be reassigned to another school for the purpose of separating
the student from his or her harassment victim. This bill
would direct the Department of Education to post its model policy on its
website.This bill would provide that a person shall be immune
from civil
liability for
reporting harassment.