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HB6YD4Y6N-1 ENROLLED: G3BU6C-3 By Representatives Paschal, Wood (D), Carns, Stringer RFD:
Judiciary4/3/2023 First: Read:
07-Mar-23GP 2023AMENDMENT RegularTO SessionHB6 PageOFFERED 0BY HB6JUDICIARY EnrolledOFFERED Enrolled,IN AnCOMMITTEE Act,BY RelatingSHANE toSTRINGER parental2 rights;4 Replace line 39 on page 2 with the following:
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and(c) This section may not be construed as authorizing or allowing a parent to provideengage thatin thechild governmentabuse mayor notneglect, burdenas certaindefined fundamentalin rightsChapters 15 and 16 of parents.Title 26, Code of Alabama 1975.
BEPage IT1 ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
(1) The Alabama Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court have recognized that parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children.
(2) The liberty protected by the due process clause includes the fundamental right of parents to direct the education, upbringing, care, and control of their children.
(b) The government may not burden the fundamental right of parents to direct the education, upbringing, care, and control of their child unless the government demonstrates that the application of the burden is narrowly tailored to a compelling state interest and the government uses the least restrictive means possible to further that interest.
(c) This section may not be construed as authorizing or allowing a parent to engage in child abuse or neglect.
(d) This section shall only be construed as applying to disputes between parents and the government or third parties and does not modify the law as to disputes between parents.
Section 2.
This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
Page 1 HB6 Enrolled ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 24-May-23, as amended.
John Treadwell Clerk Senate 31-May-23 Passed Page 2