---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to correctional incentive time; to amend Section 14-9-41, as last amended by Act 2022-322, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the amount of correctional incentive time a prisoner receives; to require a prisoner to remain in a certain classification for a longer period of time before moving up to a higher classification; to provide for additional circumstances in which a prisoner may be required to forfeit his or her correctional incentive time; and to require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time."
description: "Department of Corrections; to further provide for the calculation of correctional incentive time, provide for reporting requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Alabama SB 1 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["April Weaver"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-14T18:55:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/411ba7e9-b2d7-40ad-b913-72d26b6fb3e4"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "1ffa9fc7acf5ea3321752e4f3d6a2657ce458a13cd4b9bc85c0459f639fc6556"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 1 (2023rs) — Relating to correctional incentive time; to amend Section 14-9-41, as last amended by Act 2022-322, 2022 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the amount of correctional incentive time a prisoner receives; to require a prisoner to remain in a certain classification for a longer period of time before moving up to a higher classification; to provide for additional circumstances in which a prisoner may be required to forfeit his or her correctional incentive time; and to require the Department of Corrections to provide annual reports to the Legislature, the Governor, and the Attorney General regarding correctional incentive time.

Department of Corrections; to further provide for the calculation of correctional incentive time, provide for reporting requirements

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB1-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1234923.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment 1VCVL3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1VCVL3-1.pdf)
4. **Amendment 9V6NPP-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/9V6NPP-1.pdf)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB1-eng.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/SB1-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the S for Vote 28 on SB1 (2023 Regular Session) — **28–4** (fail) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 29 on SB1 (2023 Regular Session) — **4–25** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 31 on SB1 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the S for Vote 30 on SB1 (2023 Regular Session) — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 125 on SB1 (2023 Regular Session) — **79–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- April Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Judiciary) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-04-14T18:55:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/411ba7e9-b2d7-40ad-b913-72d26b6fb3e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).