# Alabama HB11: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder

Alabama HB11, Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Phillip Pettus (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-19 (Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB11
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Youthful offender status, to prohibit a judge from granting youthful offender status to any person who is 16 years of age and older and charged with capital murder or murder
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-03-19, Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- Sponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Criminal Procedure
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (191 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Phillip Pettus (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-27 | House | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 189 | pass | 94 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-01-27 | House | Third Reading in House of Origin | pass | 97 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-03-19: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Judiciary 1st Amendment (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Reported Out of Committee Second House (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Third Reading in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-01-27: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 189 (House)
- 2026-01-27: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Pending Committee Action in Second House (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2026-01-21: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-13: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2026-01-13: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)
- 2026-01-13: Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB11-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for misuse of personal voter information; created (enacted)
- SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2026 (enacted)
- SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require indigent candidates to submit documentation for fee exemption (enacted)
- HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for violations provided for (enacted)
- SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitation purposes prohibited; redaction of certain information relating to financial tr… (enacted)
- SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB11-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB67: Voter Information; limit cost of reproducing voter registration list; crime for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB67-2026rs)
- [SB154: State employees, cost-of-living increase for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB154-2026rs)
- [SB165: Elections; municipal elections, to set qualification fee amounts, to require in…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB165-2026rs)
- [HB317: Firefighter distinctive license plate; fire chaplains included, penalty for vio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB317-2026rs)
- [SB272: Open Records; use of public records relating to schools for certain solicitatio…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB272-2026rs)
- [SB190: Sales Tax; to exempt Precision Ocular](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB190-2026rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB11-2026rs (as of 2026-10-16).