HB151 Summary

• Amends Section 14-8-2 of the Alabama Code to require electronic monitoring for certain inmates participating in work release programs.

• Electronic monitoring applies to inmates convicted of violent offenses where death, serious physical injury, or forcible compulsion was an element of the crime, as defined in Sections 12-25-32, 13A-1-2, and 13A-6-60.

• The Department of Corrections bears all costs associated with the electronic monitoring requirement.

• Updates existing code language to current legislative style, replacing references to "the board" with "the department" throughout the section.

• Becomes effective October 1, 2020; passed by the House on March 10, 2020 with a vote of 99-0-6.