If a statewide Constitutional amendment is approved by Alabama voters this November, Franklin and Lauderdale County residents will have legal protection from prosecution for church security team members in the event they are required to injure or kill someone in defense of the church.
Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville) introduced the local legislation for both counties last year. As is the normal course of procedure in the legislature, Kiel expected other legislators would vote to approve legislation that only affected his House district. Kiel also had the support of Rep. Proncey Robertson (R-Mount Hope), whose House district includes eastern Franklin County.