Bill in consideration to fine violators $10K daily after a monument is moved
Alabama has competing bills on Confederate monuments within the state By Caroline Klapp | February 1, 2021 at 10:26 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 10:28 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Starting February 2, lawmakers are back at work for you.
Two of the bills being introduced this legislative session in Montgomery are aimed at the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. One of them is intended to strengthen it, the other essentially to strip it away.
“There was too many monuments being destroyed, too much crime, too much unrest being caused because the law was not strict enough,” Rep. Mike Holmes said.