Bill would increase penalties for removing historical monuments in Alabama
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka, speaks to the House State Government Committee about his bill to strengthen the penalties in the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act.
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A bill to increase the penalties for moving historical monuments caused sharp disagreement at a public hearing in the Alabama House State Government Committee this afternoon.
The bill would revise the Memorial Preservation Act, a law passed four years ago when momentum was building for removal of Confederate monuments.
The law came into play several times in Alabama last year, as Confederate statues came down in Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville and other communities across Alabama.
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The Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, passed in 2017, prohibits removal of a historical monument from taxpayer-owned property that has been in place 40 years or more.