Alabama HB 252: Relating to incarceration; to adopt the Alabama Women's CARE Act; to provide for the pregnancy testing of certain women after an arrest; to provide for the supervised pre-incarceration probation of a pregnant woman in certain circumstances; to provide for the self surrender of a woman serving a pre-incarceration term of probation 12 weeks after the birth of her child; to provide for criminal penalties for failure to surrender; to provide procedures for if a woman loses her pregnancy while on pre-incarceration probation; to provide that penal institutions shall report certain information related to pregnant incarcerated women to the Department of Public Health; 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.

Status: Read First Time in House of Origin (as of 2023-04-04)

State: Alabama · Session: 2023rs · Bill: HB 252

Subjects: Incarceration

Sponsors: Rolanda Hollis

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