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AL HB391
Bill
Status
4/27/2023
Primary Sponsor
Jim Hill
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AI Summary
HB391 Summary
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Reconstitutes the Board of Pardons and Paroles as the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, with the Board remaining as the body directly responsible for granting parole, pardons, parole revocations, remission of fines and forfeitures, and restoration of civil and political rights.
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Establishes a Director of the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles appointed by the Governor to serve as chief executive officer, responsible for employment, fiscal management, policy development, and supervision of parolees and probationers.
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Reorganizes parole and probation supervision using validated risk and needs assessments, evidence-based practices, and tiered supervision levels based on individual offender risk of reoffending.
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Consolidates and transfers existing pardon and parole statutes into a new Article 1A (Sections 15-22-10.01 through 15-22-10.53) and repeals 21 redundant sections of existing law.
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Updates cross-references throughout Alabama Code to reflect the new Bureau structure and includes technical revisions to modernize language; effective immediately upon passage.
Legislative Description
Relating to pardons and paroles; to add Article 1A, commencing with Section 15-22-10.01 to Chapter 22 of Title 15, Code of Alabama 1975, to reconstitute the Board of Pardons and Paroles as the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles; to reorganize the functions and duties of the bureau and to provide for the duties of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the bureau; to transfer certain language relating to pardons and paroles to a new article within the Code of Alabama 1975; to specify the duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles and to provide for the personnel of the bureau; to amend 15-18-71, 15-18-72, 15-18-74, 15-18-76, 15-18-77, 15-22-42, 15-22-43, 15-22-51, 15-22-53, and Section 15-22-54, as corrected by Act 2022-371, the Codification Act, 2022 Regular Session, and Sections 15-22-56 and 15-22-57, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete duplicative language; to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style; to amend Sections 12-17-184, 14-1-22, 14-1-23, 14-14-5, 15-18-176, 15-20A-48, 15-22-111, 15-22-112, Section 15-22-113, as last amended by Act 2022-382, 2022 Regular Session, Sections 15-22-115, 15-23-79, and 17-3-31, Code of Alabama 1975, to update relevant cross-references in existing law; and to repeal Sections 15-22-20, 15-22-21, 15-22-21.1, 15-22-22, 15-22-23, 15-22-24, 15-22-25, 15-22-26, 15-22-26.1, 15-22-26.2, 15-22-27, 15-22-27.1, 15-22-27.2, 15-22-27.3, 15-22-27.4, 15-22-28, 15-22-29, 15-22-29.1, 15-22-30, 15-22-30.1, 15-22-30.2, 15-22-31, 15-22-32, 15-22-33, 15-22-34, 15-22-35, 15-22-36, 15-22-36.1, 15-22-36.2, 15-22-36.3, 15-22-37, 15-22-38, 15-22-39, and 15-22-40, Code of Alabama 1975.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House Judiciary
4/27/2023