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  6. SB 42

SB 42

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Cam Ward
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Criminal procedure, pardons and paroles, violent offenses, Sec. 15-22-27.4 added; Secs. 15-22-27.3, 15-22-28 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, a defendant convicted of a violent offense is eligible for parole once he or she has served one third or 10 years of his or her sentence, whichever is less, except by a unanimous affirmative vote of the board

This bill would require a defendant convicted of murder, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, sexual abuse in the first degree, or human trafficking in the first degree to serve 85 percent of his or her sentence before being eligible for parole

This bill would further provide for technical revisions

Relating to pardons and paroles; to add Section 15-22-27.4 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to require a defendant convicted of murder, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, sexual abuse in the first degree, or human trafficking in the first degree to serve 85 percent of his or her sentence before being eligible for parole; to amend Sections 15-22-27.3 and 15-22-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for technical revisions.

Subjects
Pardons and Paroles

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 11, 2019 S Judiciary first Amendment Offered
April 11, 2019 S Judiciary first Substitute Offered
April 11, 2019 S Pending third reading on day 10 Favorable from Judiciary with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
April 11, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and 1 amendment
March 5, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 10, 2019 Committee Room 325 at 08:30 Senate JUDY Hearing

Bill Text

Download SB 42 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text SB 42 - Introduced
Bill Amendments Senate Judiciary first Substitute Offered
Bill Amendments Senate Judiciary first Amendment Offered

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