HB497 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Steve Hurst Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Criminal sex offenders over age 21, sex offenses against child 12 years of age or younger, surgical castration required prior to release from custody of Corrections Department

Description

Under existing law, there is no provision for the castration of certain convicted sex offenders.

This bill would provide that any person over the age of 21 years who is convicted of certain sex offenses against a child 12 years of age or younger be chemically castrated before his or her release from the custody of the Department of Corrections.

This bill would require that the cost of the procedure be paid by the adult criminal sex offender.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses