Under existing law, the initial voluntary sentencing standards were adopted by the Alabama Sentencing Commission and approved by the Legislature and became effective on October 1, 2006.
This bill would approve the initial voluntary sentencing standards and the accompanying instructions and worksheets as modified and adopted by the Sentencing Commission on November 6, 2009, and as filed with the Clerk of the Alabama Supreme Court, Secretary of the Alabama Senate, and Clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives.
This bill would also require that the worksheets used to determine sentencing recommendations in each case be made a part of the record for each case in which the use of the standards has been considered.
Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Judiciary
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 804
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature