---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised"
description: "Incarceration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2026rs"
identifier: "HB 86"
citation: "Alabama HB 86 (2026rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Incarceration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7321fe1-6ee9-4ec4-8680-44719822997b"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "82d3ccad21eb8b92c8d921f7c107eb02dd041465f7f700da702811e9ff6bd6d9"
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 HB 86 (2026rs) — Parole; criteria for parole consideration revised

Incarceration

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB86-int.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB86-eng.pdf)
3. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/L5N3JAY-1.pdf)
4. **Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 567** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/11DRSLL-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB86-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Filed `filing`
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1053 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Judiciary)
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Brinyark intended to vote "Nay"
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 568 `passage`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 567
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Faulkner 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 566
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public Safety and Homeland Security Engrossed Substitute Offered (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7321fe1-6ee9-4ec4-8680-44719822997b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).