---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to pardons and paroles; to amend Sections 15-22-51 and 15-22-53, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a specialist, in addition to a parole officer, may conduct an investigation and provide a report to the court regarding a defendant; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.\u0002"
description: "Pardons and Paroles, to prevent parolees and probationers from being released from custody pending a revocation hearing in certain circumstances, to allow specialist to conduct investigations and general reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2023rs"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Alabama HB 72 (2023rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pardons and Paroles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Starnes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92c1d2e6-595a-479c-8c44-9cd7bede0651"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "6e83ca2831b77b60be1dd7a941c3e5793845d436380cdf2ff17bd9598a17a7ab"
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 72 (2023rs) — Relating to pardons and paroles; to amend Sections 15-22-51 and 15-22-53, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a specialist, in addition to a parole officer, may conduct an investigation and provide a report to the court regarding a defendant; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Pardons and Paroles, to prevent parolees and probationers from being released from custody pending a revocation hearing in certain circumstances, to allow specialist to conduct investigations and general reports

## 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/HB72-int.pdf)
2. **Act 2023-364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L1274795.AI1.pdf)
3. **Amendment G8M0CC-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/G8M0CC-1.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB72-eng.pdf)
5. **Finance and Taxation General Fund Amendment KTXXAU-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/KTXXAU-1.pdf)
6. **Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment 1VU4L3-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/1VU4L3-1.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legislature.state.al.us/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2023RS/HB72-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll of the H for Vote 275 on HB72 (2023 Regular Session) — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1118 on HB72 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 274 on HB72 (2023 Regular Session) — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Roll of the S for Vote 1119 on HB72 (2023 Regular Session) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll of the H for Vote 1036 on HB72 (2023 Regular Session) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Starnes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Concur In and Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** On Third Reading in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read Second Time in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee in Second House
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund) `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in Second House `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read a Third Time and Pass `passage`
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Adopt
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+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 (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** AMD/SUB (Public Safety and Homeland Security)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred (Public Safety and Homeland Security) `introduction, referral`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read First Time in House of Origin `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01T13:00:00+00:00** Enacted as 2023-364 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92c1d2e6-595a-479c-8c44-9cd7bede0651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).