SB20 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tim MelsonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Crimes and offenses, Sergeant Nick Risner Act, created, to prohibit anyone who commits the crime of manslaughter from receiving good time, Sec. 14-9-41 am'd.

Summary

SB20 creates the Sergeant Nick Risner Act and bars inmates convicted of manslaughter from earning correctional incentive time (good time), along with other disqualifying factors, while updating the code language.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends the state's good-time law to make manslaughter convictions ineligible for correctional incentive time. It continues to use a classification-based system for earning time but adds additional disqualifications (Class A felonies, life or death sentences, or more than 15 years, and certain sex offenses involving a child). It also notes the bill includes non-substantive, technical updates to align the language with current style.

Who It Affects

• Inmates convicted of manslaughter would not be eligible to receive correctional incentive time (good time).
• Inmates convicted of other specified offenses (Class A felonies, life or death sentences or more than 15 years, or sex offenses involving a child) would also be ineligible for good time; the existing classification system and related rules would apply to others.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Sergeant Nick Risner Act and designates it as the名稱 of the act.
• Amends Section 14-9-41 to prohibit correctional incentive time for any person convicted of manslaughter.
• Maintains the existing Class I-IV prisoner classification and associated time deductions (75, 40, 20 days per 30 days served for Classes I-III; none for Class IV).
• Adds other disqualifying conditions for good time: conviction of a Class A felony, life or death sentence or more than 15 years, or a sex offense involving a child.
• Preserves and details, within the amendments, provisions for forfeiture and potential restoration of good time, and for how concurrent or consecutive sentences are treated in calculating deductions.
• Includes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update the code language to current style.
• Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses