Crimes and offenses; assault in the second degree, harassment, and harassing communications, further provided

Summary

The bill expands Alabama’s second‑degree assault statute to include attacks on current or former public officials and adds several other protected groups such as police, teachers, health‑care workers and utility employees. It also upgrades harassment or harassing communications aimed at public officials to a Class B misdemeanor. The changes increase penalties and modernize the code language.

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