Alabama Criminal Justice Bills

Appropriations, supplemental appropriations from the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026

Criminal and civil procedure; continuance of case when party, attorney, or witness is on active military duty; bail required to be set in such cases subject to conditions

Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased

Urging the State Committee of Public Health to review and consider adding the novel synthetic opioid N-Propionitrile Chlorphine as a Schedule I controlled substance

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

Bail and surety bonding; requirements for professional surety bondsman and professional bail bondsman further provided for, requirements for apprentice bondsman further provided for, to require circuit clerks to report the authorized professional bail bond companies, appointment of additional members to the Alabama Bail Bonding Board provided for, and late application and license renewal fees provided

Crimes and offenses; arson in the first degree, elements of crime further provided to include arson in connection to a theft; minimum penalties provided

Sex offenders; restrictions for certain sex offenders further provided, Board of Pardons and Paroles authorized to adopt rules

Crimes and offenses; violation of domestic violence protection order, jurisdiction amended

Crimes and offenses; stalking in the second degree, penalties revised

Crime of sexual torture; criminal elements revised

Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions

Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, filing of claims further provided for

Habitual offender law; pleas of nolo contendere treated as a plea of guilty

Crimes and offenses; penalties for eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, penalties further provided

Board of Pardons and Paroles; commencement date changed to March 1

Crimes and offenses; crime of reckless endangerment expanded, criminal penalties provided

Alabama Justice Information Commission; collection, dissemination, and use of biometric identifiers by certain entities provided for; Alabama Background Check Service established, types, uses, and fees for certain background checks for noncriminal justice purposes authorized; Alabama Rap Back Program established, penalties provided for; existing law relating to release of criminal history information repealed

Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal to immediately contact law enforcement of terrorist threat, suspension of student, readmittance, and restitution provided

Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised