Bama Politics
  • Home
  • Alabama News
    • Alabama Economic News
    • Alabama Education News
    • Alabama Election News
    • Alabama Healthcare News
    • Alabama Legislation News
    • Alabama Local News
    • Alabama Opinion Editorials
  • Elections & Results
  • Officials
    • Alabama Statewide Officials
    • Alabama State Senators
    • Alabama State Representatives
    • Alabama Sheriffs
    • Alabama Probate Judges
    • Alabama Mayors
    • Alabama Council Members
    • All Profiles
  • Bills
    • 2023 Alabama Senate Bills
    • 2023 Alabama House Bills
    • All Bills
  • Places
    • Alabama Information
    • Alabama Counties
    • Alabama Cities & Towns
    • Alabama Districts
  • About
  • Contact
    • General Contact
    • Opinion Articles
Our Facebook Page Our Twitter page Login Sign Up
  1. Bama Politics
  2. Alabama
  3. Alabama House & Senate Bills
  4. 2023 Alabama Legislative Regular Session
  5. 2023 Alabama Senate Bills
  6. SB1 Alabama 2023 Session

SB1 Alabama 2023 Session

Login or Sign Up to follow this page. It's free!

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • April Weaver
Session
Regular Session 2023
Title
Department of Corrections; to further provide for the calculation of correctional incentive time, provide for reporting requirements
Description

Under existing law, prisoners who have been convicted of an offense and are in custody may earn correctional incentive time, which is a deduction from the term of his or her sentence. The amount of time earned varies with the level of the prisoner's classification

This bill would reduce the amount of time a prisoner may earn correctional incentive time

Under existing law, prisoners are assigned to a classification for purposes of accruing correctional incentive time and must remain in a certain classification for a period of time before he or she may move up in classification

This bill would increase the amount of time a prisoner must spend in a certain classification before he or she may move up in classification

Under existing law, prisoners may be required to forfeit correctional incentive time in certain circumstances

This bill would provide additional circumstances where an inmate would be required to forfeit correctional incentive time

This bill would also require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time

Relating to correctional incentive time; to amend Section 14-9-41, as last amended by Act 2022-322, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the amount of correctional incentive time a prisoner receives; to require a prisoner to remain in a certain classification for a longer period of time before moving up to a higher classification; to provide for additional circumstances in which a prisoner may be required to forfeit his or her correctional incentive time; and to require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time.

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
January 17, 2023SPrefiled

Bill Text

Download SB1 Alabama 2023 Session PDF

Bill Documents

TypeLink
Bill Text SB1 Alabama 2023 Session - Introduced
Back To Top
© 2021 Copyright: Bama Politics
Privacy Policy | Accessibility Statement
Legislation updates powered by LegiScan