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AlabamaHB862026 Regular SessionHouse

Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised

Sponsored By: Chris England (Democratic)

Enacted

Incarceration

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Bill Overview

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New parole review rules for Alabama prisoners

Beginning October 1, 2026, Alabama’s parole board must consider prisoners’ work and education completed in prison. It may also weigh a low risk of reoffending shown by a validated risk and needs assessment. Parole cannot be granted solely as a reward for good behavior or efficient work in prison. The board must judge fitness for release and protect public safety using structured, statistics-based guidelines. Those guidelines must cover assessed risk, reentry progress, risk-reduction programs, prison behavior, offense severity, prison work, and education. They must also include input from victims, victims’ families, prosecutors, and law enforcement. The board must review the guidelines every three years, allow public comments during a board-set period, and post them online. It must clearly explain each approval or denial and provide written reasons upon written request to prisoners, victims, corrections officials, or other interested parties. The guidelines do not create a right to parole; the board keeps full discretion. Except as provided in Section 15-22-37, approved prisoners are released under board-set conditions. They remain in the prison warden’s legal custody until their maximum sentence ends or they receive a full pardon.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chris England

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 408 • No: 41

Senate vote • 4/1/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1053

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/1/2026

Third Reading in Second House

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 2/24/2026

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 568

Yes: 78 • No: 22 • Other: 4

House vote • 2/24/2026

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 566

Yes: 80 • No: 12 • Other: 7

House vote • 2/24/2026

Third Reading in House of Origin

Yes: 88 • No: 4 • Other: 11

House vote • 2/24/2026

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 567

Yes: 94 • No: 3 • Other: 6

Actions Timeline

  1. Enacted

    4/8/2026House

  2. Signature Requested

    4/2/2026Senate

  3. Delivered to Governor

    4/2/2026House

  4. Third Reading in Second House

    4/1/2026Senate

  5. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1053

    4/1/2026Senate

  6. Ready to Enroll

    4/1/2026House

  7. Enrolled

    4/1/2026House

  8. Reported Out of Committee Second House

    3/11/2026Senate

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

    3/11/2026Senate

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

    2/25/2026Senate

  11. Pending Committee Action in Second House

    2/25/2026Senate

  12. Third Reading in House of Origin

    2/24/2026House

  13. Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered

    2/24/2026House

  14. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 566

    2/24/2026House

  15. Faulkner 1st Amendment Offered

    2/24/2026House

  16. Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 567

    2/24/2026House

  17. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 568

    2/24/2026House

  18. Brinyark intended to vote "Nay"

    2/24/2026House

  19. Engrossed

    2/24/2026House

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

    2/5/2026House

  21. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

    2/4/2026House

  22. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

    1/13/2026House

  23. Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

    1/13/2026House

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