AlabamaNew Alabama parole board members receive terms beginning March 1
Alabama law sets March 1 starts for new parole board terms and pauses community corrections sentences while people serve prison time for another conviction.
What it does
Since October 1, 2026, new Alabama parole board members receive six-year terms beginning March 1. Sitting members' terms end in February following their sixth year.
People serving community corrections sentences must immediately enter prison for a later conviction in another case. Their community sentence pauses; they may return afterward unless the court blocks it or they become ineligible.
Argument forEligible people could return to community supervision after prison rather than lose that option, unless a court orders otherwise.
Argument againstPausing community corrections sentences during prison time could keep people under supervision longer overall, because prison time does not count toward that sentence.
More detail
New Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles members receive six-year terms beginning March 1. Members serving on October 1, 2026, have terms ending on the last day of February following the sixth year of their term. Members serve until their replacements are appointed and qualified. Someone appointed to fill an unfinished term must leave office when that term expires. The board's term rules took effect October 1, 2026.
People serving community corrections sentences must immediately enter state prison when a later conviction in another case brings a prison sentence. These rules cover people serving sentences in a community punishment and corrections program who are later sentenced to prison in the Alabama Department of Corrections. A person may return to the community program after completing the prison sentence unless the court orders otherwise or the person becomes ineligible under the law. These rules took effect immediately upon enactment. The community sentence pauses while the person serves the later prison sentence, which must be completed before return.
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- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 9EnactedBecame Law
- Apr 2Signature Requested
- Apr 2Delivered to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 1Third Reading in Second House
- Vote recorded Simpson Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment to HB282. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1044. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Third Reading in Second House. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1045. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1Barfoot 1st Amendment OfferedMinor
- Apr 1Barfoot motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1044Major
- Apr 1Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1045Passed Senate
- Apr 1Simpson Motion to Concur In and Adopt Senate Amendment to HB282
- Apr 1Ready to Enroll
- Apr 1Enrolled
- Feb 19Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)Minor
- Feb 18Reported Out of Committee Second House
- Feb 12Third Reading in House of Origin
- Vote recorded Third Reading in House of Origin. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Boards, Agencies and Commissions Engrossed Substitute Offered (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)Minor
- Feb 12Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 392Major
- Feb 12Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 393Passed House
- Feb 12Engrossed
- Feb 12Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on JudiciaryMinor
- Feb 12Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- Jan 29Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)Minor
- Jan 28Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
- Jan 20Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and CommissionsMinor
- Jan 20Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)Introduced
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