SB237 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Corrections, to provide deduction of a prisoners sentence upon completion of qualifying programs, require DOC to adopt rules for administration of education incentive time, provide for membership, provide for income tax credit for an employer that employs an individual recently released from incarceration, prohibit agencies from considering an applicants criminal conviction history for consideration of a job under certain conditions, Secs. 14-9-100 to 14-9-108, incl., 36-26-150 to 36-26-160, incl., added

Description

Under existing law, an inmate does not receive a deduction in his or her sentence for the successful completion of academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship programs.

This bill would provide an inmate with a deduction in his or her sentence upon a successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing, or apprenticeship program.

This bill would also require the Department of Corrections, in consultation with a task force, to adopt rules for the administration of education incentive time.

This bill would also establish a task force under the supervision of the Department of Corrections to make recommendations for rules for the administering education incentive time.

This bill would provide a tax credit to an employer that employs an individual recently released from incarceration.

This bill would prohibit the state and political subdivisions of the state, as employers, from inquiring into or considering an applicant's arrest or conviction history for consideration of a job until after the applicant has received a conditional job offer, except under certain conditions.

This bill would require the state and political subdivisions of the state, as employers, to maintain certain employment and hiring records relating to the conviction history of employees and job applicants.

This bill would also authorize the State Personnel Department to enforce certain provisions of this act.

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Subjects

Corrections Department