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News From The States: Alabama Senate committee approves bill restricting picketing, protests
News From The States - Alabama Senate committee approves bill restricting picketing, protests
Apr 07, 2025 | 8:01 am ET
By Anna Barrett
A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that restricts when, where and how a group can picket and protest.
SB 247, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, prohibits protesters from using noise amplifiers, being too close to the residence of the subject of the protest 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise, and from blocking roads for the protest.
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“The first version was filed in response to the Justice (Brett) Kavanaugh hearings where people went to his house and were demonstrating outside at all hours of the night,” Orr said. “I thought how intimidating would that be whether you’re an elected person or unelected it doesn’t matter.”
The Senate County and Municipal Government Committee heard from one critic of the legislation during a public hearing. Camille Bennett, executive director of Project Say Something, an advocacy group for change focusing on Black history and anti-racism training, said the legislation was too vague and unconstitutional.
“SB 247 is not only a bad bill but an assault on the First Amendment rights and voices of marginalized Alabamians,” Bennett said.
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Apr 07, 2025 | 8:01 am ET
By Anna Barrett
A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that restricts when, where and how a group can picket and protest.
SB 247, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, prohibits protesters from using noise amplifiers, being too close to the residence of the subject of the protest 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise, and from blocking roads for the protest.
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“The first version was filed in response to the Justice (Brett) Kavanaugh hearings where people went to his house and were demonstrating outside at all hours of the night,” Orr said. “I thought how intimidating would that be whether you’re an elected person or unelected it doesn’t matter.”
The Senate County and Municipal Government Committee heard from one critic of the legislation during a public hearing. Camille Bennett, executive director of Project Say Something, an advocacy group for change focusing on Black history and anti-racism training, said the legislation was too vague and unconstitutional.
“SB 247 is not only a bad bill but an assault on the First Amendment rights and voices of marginalized Alabamians,” Bennett said.
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