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AlabamaHB2822026 Regular SessionHouse

Board of Pardons and Paroles; commencement date changed to March 1

Sponsored By: Jim Hill (Republican)

Enacted

Authorities, Boards, & Commissions

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Alabama parole board appointment and term rules

Beginning October 1, 2026, the law sets appointment and term rules for Alabama’s three-member Board of Pardons and Paroles. The board must reflect the state’s racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity. At least one member must be a current or former law enforcement officer with at least 10 years of qualifying experience. That experience must involve an agency whose main duties include investigating violent crimes or catching, arresting, or supervising offenders. After a vacancy, the Lieutenant Governor, House Speaker, and Senate President Pro Tempore select five qualified candidates by majority vote. The Governor must appoint someone from that list within 10 days, subject to Senate confirmation. Appointees serve immediately, including temporarily when the Senate is outside its regular session. They are deemed confirmed if the Senate adjourns its session without voting on them. New members receive six-year terms starting March 1. Members serving on October 1, 2026, have terms ending on February’s last day following their term’s sixth year. Members serve until successors are appointed and qualified; replacement appointees fill only the remainder of an unfinished term. The Governor chooses the chair, and two members form a quorum. Members must take the constitutional oath and cannot hold another paid state office while serving. They are subject to constitutional impeachment rules. The Governor may direct the Attorney General to seek a court finding of incapacity; such a finding makes the seat vacant. Annual pay for the chair and other members is set by law and paid in equal State Treasury installments.

Prison sentences pause community corrections participation

This rule took effect immediately. People serving community punishment and corrections sentences must leave program supervision immediately after a later conviction brings an Alabama prison sentence. They remain in Department of Corrections custody until that later confinement ends. Their community-program sentence pauses during confinement. They may return afterward unless the court orders otherwise or state law makes them ineligible.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jim Hill

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 513 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2026

Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1044

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2026

Simpson Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment to HB282

Yes: 99 • No: 0 • Other: 3

Senate vote • 4/1/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1045

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2026

Third Reading in Second House

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 2/12/2026

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 103 • No: 0

House vote • 2/12/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393

Yes: 105 • No: 0

House vote • 2/12/2026

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392

Yes: 104 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    4/9/2026House

  2. Signature Requested

    4/2/2026Senate

  3. Delivered to Governor

    4/2/2026House

  4. Third Reading in Second House

    4/1/2026Senate

  5. Barfoot 1st Amendment Offered

    4/1/2026Senate

  6. Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1044

    4/1/2026Senate

  7. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1045

    4/1/2026Senate

  8. Simpson Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment to HB282

    4/1/2026House

  9. Ready to Enroll

    4/1/2026House

  10. Enrolled

    4/1/2026House

  11. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    2/19/2026Senate

  12. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    2/18/2026Senate

  13. Third Reading in House of Origin

    2/12/2026House

  14. Boards, Agencies and Commissions Engrossed Substitute Offered

    2/12/2026House

  15. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392

    2/12/2026House

  16. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393

    2/12/2026House

  17. Engrossed

    2/12/2026House

  18. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary

    2/12/2026Senate

  19. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    2/12/2026Senate

  20. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

    1/29/2026House

  21. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    1/28/2026House

  22. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions

    1/20/2026House

  23. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    1/20/2026House

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