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Bill would increase penalties for removing historical monuments

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. Facebook Share 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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