# Alabama HB523: Pardons and Paroles; hearing procedures, revised

Alabama HB523, Pardons and Paroles; hearing procedures, revised, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kenyatté Hassell (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-05-06 (Currently Indefinitely Postponed) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama HB523
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Pardons and Paroles; hearing procedures, revised
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-04-03
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Currently Indefinitely Postponed
- Sponsor: Kenyatté Hassell (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Criminal Procedure
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kenyatté Hassell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Anthony Daniels (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Artis 'A.J.' McCampbell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Barbara Drummond (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chris England (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Curtis Travis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Gray (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kelvin Datcher (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kelvin Lawrence (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: M. Moore (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marilyn Lands (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Napoleon Bracy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ontario Tillman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pebblin W. Warren (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Phillip Ensler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Prince Chestnut (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: TaShina Morris (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2025-05-06: Currently Indefinitely Postponed (House)
- 2025-04-17: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-16: Boards, Agencies and Commissions 1st Amendment (House)
- 2025-04-16: Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (House)
- 2025-04-03: Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions (House)
- 2025-04-03: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB523-int.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE Act credits and increase funding, and to extend the sunset date for deductions… (enacted)
- SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for (enacted)
- SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women (enacted)
- HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cannabinoid products by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board imposed (enacted)
- HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for (enacted)
- HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided (enacted)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/HB523-int.pdf)

## Related
- [HB52: Income Taxes; to make technical changes to the funding provisions of the CHOOSE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB52-2025rs)
- [SB331: Barbour County, compensation of the judge of probate further provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB331-2025rs)
- [SB102: Medicaid; providing presumptive eligibility to pregnant women](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-SB102-2025rs)
- [HB445: Cannabinoids found in hemp; licensure and regulation of sale of consumable cann…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB445-2025rs)
- [HB357: Tobacco products, heated tobacco product definition and tax provided for](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB357-2025rs)
- [HB349: Russell County; sheriff, salary further provided](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB349-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AL-HB523-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).