# Alabama SB56: Pardons and Paroles; medical parole revised; appellate review created; medical furlough release requirements revised

Alabama SB56, Pardons and Paroles; medical parole revised; appellate review created; medical furlough release requirements revised, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dan Roberts (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Pending Committee Action in House of Origin) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Alabama SB56
- State: Alabama
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Pardons and Paroles; medical parole revised; appellate review created; medical furlough release requirements revised
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- Sponsor: Dan Roberts (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: Incarceration
- 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: Dan Roberts (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrew Jones (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bobby D. Singleton (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Clyde Chambliss (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rodger M. Smitherman (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-04: Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB56-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/SB56-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-SB56-2025rs (as of 2026-10-16).