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-SB173 INTRODUCED
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-SB173
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-By Senator Bell
-RFD: Judiciary
-First Read: 20-Jan-26
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-FKRER5D-1 01/13/2026 THR (L)THR 2025-3780
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-First Read: 20-Jan-26
-SYNOPSIS:
-Under existing law, a violation of a domestic
-violence protection order is a Class A misdemeanor.
-This bill would provide the circuit and district
-courts of this state with exclusive and concurrent
-jurisdiction over prosecutions for a violation of a
-domestic violence protection order.
-A BILL
-TO BE ENTITLED
-AN ACT
-Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
-13A-6-142, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
-jurisdiction over prosecutions for violations of domestic
-violence protection orders.
-BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
-Section 1.  Section 13A-6-142, Code of Alabama 1975, is
-amended to read as follows:
-"§13A-6-142
-(a) A person commits the crime of violation of a
-domestic violence protection order if the person knowingly
-commits any act prohibited by a domestic violence protection
-order or willfully fails to abide by any term of a domestic
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-order or willfully fails to abide by any term of a domestic
-violence protection order.
-(b) A violation of a domestic violence protection order
-is a Class A misdemeanor which shall be punishable as provided
-by law. A second conviction for violation of a domestic
-violence protection order, in addition to any other penalty or
-fine, shall be punishable by a minimum of 30 days imprisonment
-which may not be suspended. A third or subsequent conviction
-is a Class C felony.
-(c) In addition to any other fine or penalty provided
-by law, the court shall order the defendant to pay an
-additional fine of fifty dollars ($50) for a violation of a
-domestic violence protection order to be distributed to the
-Domestic Violence Trust Fund, established by Section 30-6-11.
-(d) The circuit and district courts of this state shall
-have exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction over prosecutions
-for violations of this section or any other prosecution for an
-action that would constitute a violation of this section.
-(e) Any prosecution for a violation of this section, or
-any other prosecution for an action that would constitute a
-violation of this section, that is pending on October 1, 2026,
-shall be transferred to the relevant district or circuit
-court, whichever is applicable. "
-Section 2.  This act shall become effective on October
-1, 2026.
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+FISCAL NOTE
+Senate Bill 173
+Committee: Judiciary Sponsor: Senator Lance Bell
+Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 02/24/2026
+Senate Bill 173 as passed the Senate, beginning October 1, 2026, would provide district courts
+with exclusive jurisdiction over violations of domestic violence protection orders, except for
+violations under the jurisdiction of juvenile courts, which could decrease the obligations of
+municipal courts and increase the obligations of district courts by undetermined amounts,
+respectively, dependent upon the number of cases heard in district courts that otherwise would
+be heard in other courts due to the provisions of this bill.