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Committee approves substitute giving judges discretion to continue cases for active-duty service members
Judiciary · January 15, 2026
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Summary
The Judiciary committee adopted a substitute and reported favorably on HB 60, which allows continuances in civil and criminal cases for active-duty military members (attorneys, witnesses and police officers); the substitute incorporates language from district attorneys and trial-lawyer groups and exempts capital and certain serious charges from bail-continuance rules.
Representative (speaker 14) presented HB 60 and explained the substitute bill incorporates input from the district attorneys association and the Alabama Association for Justice. The measure…
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