SB58 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Criminal sentences, voluntary truth-in-sentencing guidelines, submission to Legislature by 2011 Reg. Sess. and approval, deadline deleted, Secs. 12-25-32, 12-25-34 am'd.

Summary

SB58 would remove the fixed deadline for submitting, approving, and implementing voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards by the Alabama Sentencing Commission.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Sections 12-25-32 and 12-25-34 to delete the statutory deadline for submission, legislative approval, and implementation of voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards. As a result, the process to develop and adopt these standards becomes open-ended with no specified dates. Any standards would still need legislative approval to become effective and would apply to felony offenses only after the approved effective date. The act becomes effective immediately upon passage.

Who It Affects

• Alabama Sentencing Commission and state policymakers, who would no longer be bound by a fixed deadline and must manage ongoing development and submission of standards
• Felony offenders and the judiciary, who would be subject to any truth-in-sentencing standards once adopted and approved, applicable to offenses committed after the effective date

Key Provisions

• Deletes the statutory deadline for submission to the Legislature, legislative approval, and implementation of voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards (amends Sections 12-25-32 and 12-25-34).
• Act takes effect immediately after passage and Governor's approval.
• Voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards remain contingent on legislative approval to become effective and would apply to felony offenses committed after the effective date.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses