HB176 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Proncey Robertson
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Governor, commutation power, notice requirements provided, const. amend.
Description: 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 require the Governor to take reasonable steps to provide notice to certain persons prior to granting a commutation to a person under a sentence of death and would authorize certain persons to challenge the granting of a commutation upon a violation.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government