Amendment 38 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, provides that the Governor has the authority to grant a reprieve or a commutation to a person sentenced to death.
This proposed amendment would remove the Governor's authority to grant a reprieve and would provide that the Governor may not grant a commutation unless the Governor provides a minimum of 30 days' written notice to certain enumerated persons.
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 982
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 981
State Government first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
Source: Alabama Legislature