Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama SB254: Board of Pardons and Paroles; discretion whether to grant or deny parole, further provided; review of parole violations, procedure further provided to require consideration of totality of circumstances; penalties for certain parole-violations, increased
Status: Signed into law, April 16, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to parole; to amend Section 15-22-32, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2025-273, 2025 Regular Session, to further provide for the authority of the Board of Pardons and Paroles relating to parole; to provide various conditions where the board would be required to revoke parole; to provide various conditions where the board would have discretion as to the imposed punishment for a parole violation…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to parole; to amend Section 15-22-32, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2025-273, 2025 Regular Session, to further provide for the authority of the Board of Pardons and Paroles relating to parole; to provide various conditions where the board would be required to revoke parole; to provide various conditions where the board would have discretion as to the imposed punishment for a parole violation; and to provide various conditions where the board would be authorized to require a parolee to serve a sentence for a parole violation in a residential transition center or consenting county jail. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 15-22-32, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2025-273, 2025 Regular Session, is amended to read as follows: "§15-22-32 (a) Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner who has been paroled a parolee has violated his or her parole, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, at its next meeting, may declare the parolee to be delinquent, and time owed shall date from the delinquency. The Department of Corrections, after receiving notice from the sheriff of the county jail where the parolee is being held, shall promptly notify the board of the return of a parolee charged with violation of his or her …
Sponsors
- Givhan, Sam (R, SD-007) · primary sponsor