HB92 Summary

• Adds three special members to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, in addition to the existing three permanent members.

• Special members serve a single term from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2023, unless extended by the Legislature, with vacancies filled by the same appointing authorities.

• The Lieutenant Governor's appointee serves as co-chair of the Board and shares authority with the permanent chair to jointly designate panel membership.

• During the special members' term, the board operates in two three-member panels to conduct hearings and make determinations on pardons, paroles, restoration of civil and political rights, remission of fines and forfeitures, and revocations.

• Special members are subject to the same oath, incapacity procedures, devotion to duties requirements, and compensation provisions as permanent board members, and panel decisions carry the same authority as full board decisions.