republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-83.md

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Bill	Relating to child abuse; to amend Sections 26-15-2 and 26-15-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to further define the crime of child abuse to include willful mistreatment; 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.	Crimes and offenses, child abuse, definition further provided, criminal penalties provided	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 83	Alabama SB 83 (2023rs)	bill	Crimes and offenses	enacted	April Weaver	6	20	3	2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cb177ccf-4c1f-4b90-9072-10c4613a8e87	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	a1966b1f5602f36a86a26db9c408ed9a1d77d9aaae130aab5db4887a1e805ea3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 83 (2023rs) — Relating to child abuse; to amend Sections 26-15-2 and 26-15-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to further define the crime of child abuse to include willful mistreatment; 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.

Crimes and offenses, child abuse, definition further provided, criminal penalties provided

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-466 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment 8YKBHF-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment BCW544-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 893 on SB83 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 894 on SB83 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 1108 on SB83 (2023 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• April Weaver — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Judiciary) referral-committee
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Table
• 2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) introduction, referral
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-466 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb177ccf-4c1f-4b90-9072-10c4613a8e87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).