Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, in the chamber of the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Bolton prefiled a bill that would require people to provide birthdates to law enforcement when detained. (Stew Milne/Alabama Reflector)
An Alabama legislator has prefiled legislation that gives law enforcement more scope to obtain information from people they believe committed a crime.
Currently, law enforcement officers have the authority to detain those they suspect of committing a felony and request their name, address and a reason for their actions.
HB 34 , sponsored by Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, would make it a crime for someone to provide a false birth date to police or sheriff’s deputies in Alabama. It also establishes a penalty when a person refuses to provide personal information, such as a name and address, the reason for someone’s behavior and their birth date.
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Currently, state law does not list penalties for refusing to provide that information to law enforcement.