Law enforcement officers; civil and criminal immunity from liability, further provided

What it does: This act adds Sections 6-5-338.1 through 6-5-338.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) immunize law enforcement officers from civil liability for certain conduct performed within an officer's discretionary authority, with exceptions; (2) set parameters for procedures relating to a civil action against a law enforcement officer and the assertion of immunities; (3) entitle an officer to mandamus relief from an improperly denied assertion of this immunity; and (4) provide that this immunity is retroactive, supplemental to other protections, and limited in scope. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Third Reading in House of Origin

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