SB147 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Co-Sponsor: Tom Whatley
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Pardons and Paroles Board, probation and parole officers to provide probationers with periodic compliance incentive status updates, recommendation for unsupervised status for certain probationers under certain conditions, Sec. 15-22-54 am'd.; Act 2010-753, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.
Summary: SB147 would require probation and parole officers to provide periodic compliance updates, establish automatic compliance reviews after two-thirds of the probation term, and allow transfer to unsupervised probation for those in satisfactory compliance (including paying fines, costs, and restitution).
What This Bill Does
If passed, probation and parole officers would give probationers periodic updates on their compliance. For probationers with more than one year left, there would be an automatic compliance incentive review after two-thirds of the term; if they are in satisfactory compliance, a report would be sent to the court. The court could then move the probationer from supervised to unsupervised probation while keeping authority to revoke or modify probation; unsupervised probation would require continued payment of fines, costs, and restitution and adherence to all other probation terms.

Who It Affects
Probationers under supervision (especially those with more than one year left on probation) who would receive periodic status updates, automatic review, and potential transfer to unsupervised probation.
Probation officers, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the courts, who would provide updates, conduct reviews, file compliance reports, and carry out transfers to unsupervised probation while retaining court oversight.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 15-22-54 to require probation/parole officers to provide periodic compliance incentive status updates to probationers for the duration of each probationer's period of probation or suspension of sentence.
Requires an automatic compliance incentive review for probationers serving more than one year after completing two-thirds of their probation or suspended sentence, to determine whether they have satisfactorily complied with terms and conditions (including being current on fines and restitution).
If eligible and in satisfactory compliance, the supervising officer must submit a formal compliance incentive report to the court granting probation.
If the compliance report supports eligibility, the court automatically transfers the probationer from supervised to unsupervised probation while retaining jurisdiction to revoke, modify, or terminate probation as needed.
Unsupervised probation requires the probationer to continue paying all court fines, costs, and restitution, and to comply with remaining probation terms.
Maximum probation periods remain: up to two years for misdemeanors and up to five years for felonies; the court discharges probation when conditions are fulfilled.

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Subjects: Crimes and Offenses