Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Alaska Senate Bill SB62 Compare Versions

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11		-	~~SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR~~ SENATE BILL NO. 62
	11	+	SENATE BILL NO. 62
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13	13		IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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15	15		THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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17	17		BY SENATOR TOBIN
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19		-	Introduced: 2/19/25
	19	+	Introduced: 1/24/25
20	20		Referred: State Affairs, Labor and Commerce
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23	23		A BILL
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25	25		FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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27	27		"An Act relating to the board of parole; and providing for an effective date." 1
28	28		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
29	29		* Section 1. AS 33.16.020(a) is amended to read: 3
30	30		(a) There is in the Department of Corrections a board of parole consisting of 4
31	31		seven [FIVE] members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a
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33	33		majority of members of the legislature in joint session. 6
34	34		* Sec. 2. AS 33.16.020(b) is amended to read: 7
35	35		(b) Members of the board serve for staggered terms of five years and may not 8
36	36		serve more than two terms [UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED]. 9
37	37		* Sec. 3. AS 33.16.030(b) is repealed and reenacted to read: 10
38	38		(b) The board consists of seven members, including 11
39	39		(1) one licensed physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist; 12
40	40		(2) one victim of a crime, family member of a victim of a crime, or a 13
41	41		member of a crime victims advocacy group; 14
42		-	(3) one member who has experience in providing drug or alcohol 15 34-LS0227\N
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	42	+	(3) one member who has experience in providing drug or alcohol 15 34-LS0227\A
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46	46		addiction recovery support or who has personal experience with drug or alcohol 1
47	47		addiction; and 2
48	48		(4) one member of a federally recognized tribe in the state. 3
49	49		* Sec. 4. AS 33.16.030(c) is amended to read: 4
50	50		(c) Officers or employees of the state may not be appointed to the board. Not 5
51	51		more than three members of the board may be current or former employees of a 6
52	52		federal or private entity that operates a correctional facility or former employees 7
53	53		of a state entity that operates a correctional facility. 8
54	54		* Sec. 5. AS 33.16.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 9
55	55		(d) In this section, 10
56	56		(1) "crime" means an offense for which a sentence of imprisonment is 11
57	57		authorized; a crime is either a felony or a misdemeanor; 12
58	58		(2) "federally recognized tribe" has the meaning given in 13
59	59		AS 23.20.520. 14
60	60		* Sec. 6. AS 33.16 is amended by adding a new section to read: 15
61	61		Sec. 33.16.280. Annual report. (a) Not later than the 30th day following the 16
62	62		convening of each regular session of the legislature, the board shall prepare an annual 17
63	63		report of its operations and all parole hearings conducted in the preceding calendar 18
64	64		year and deliver the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of 19
65	65		representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available. The board shall 20
66	66		also deliver the report to the Alaska Criminal Justice Data Analysis Commission and 21
67	67		publish the report on its publicly available Internet website. The report must include 22
68	68		information on discretionary parole hearings, special medical and geriatric parole 23
69	69		hearings, parole revocations, and parole discharges for the preceding calendar year. 24
70	70		(b) The information required in the annual report relating to all parole hearings 25
71	71		must include 26
72	72		(1) the number of each type of hearing held; 27
73	73		(2) the number of each type of hearing that resulted in parole being 28
74	74		granted, denied, or continued; 29
75	75		(3) applicant demographic data, including age, gender, race, and 30
76		-	ethnicity, for each type of hearing outcome; 31 34-LS0227\N
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	76	+	ethnicity, for each type of hearing outcome; 31 34-LS0227\A
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80	80		(4) data on the applicant's most serious offense and whether a parole 1
81	81		request was granted, denied, or continued; 2
82	82		(5) a summary of the statutory or regulatory criteria the board most 3
83	83		frequently used in making its decisions; 4
84	84		(6) data on parole revocations, including specific violations that led to 5
85	85		revocation; 6
86	86		(7) information on why a parole request was denied; 7
87	87		(8) data on the amount of time a person served on parole before a 8
88	88		discharge was granted; and 9
89	89		(9) the voting record of each member of the board for each type of 10
90	90		hearing. 11
91		-	* Sec. 7. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 12
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93		-	TRANSITION; APPOINTMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 33.16.020(b), as 14
94		-	amended by sec. 2 of this Act, a member of the board on the effective date of this Act who 15
95		-	has previously served two or more terms or is currently serving a second term may finish the 16
96		-	term to which the member was appointed, but may not be reappointed. 17
97		-	(b) Notwithstanding AS 33.16.030(b), as repealed and reenacted by sec. 3 of this Act, 18
98		-	a member of the board on the effective date of this Act may continue to serve the term to 19
99		-	which the member was appointed. 20
100		-	(c) In this section, "board" means the board of parole. 21
101		-	* Sec. 8. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 22
	91	+	* Sec. 7. AS 33.16.085(a)(2)(C), 33.16.100(a)(4), and 33.16.100(g)(4) are repealed. 12
	92	+	* Sec. 8. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 13
	93	+	read: 14
	94	+	APPLICABILITY. The repeal of AS 33.16.085(a)(2)(C), 33.16.100(a)(4), and 15
	95	+	33.16.100(g)(4) by sec. 7 of this Act apply to all parole applications submitted on or after the 16
	96	+	effective date of this Act for conduct occurring before, on, or after the effective date of this 17
	97	+	Act. 18
	98	+	* Sec. 9. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 19
	99	+	read: 20
	100	+	TRANSITION; APPOINTMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding AS 33.16.020(b), as 21
	101	+	amended by sec. 2 of this Act, a member of the board on the effective date of this Act who 22
	102	+	has previously served two or more terms or is currently serving a second term may finish the 23
	103	+	term to which the member was appointed, but may not be reappointed. 24
	104	+	(b) Notwithstanding AS 33.16.030(b), as repealed and reenacted by sec. 3 of this Act, 25
	105	+	a member of the board on the effective date of this Act may continue to serve the term to 26
	106	+	which the member was appointed. 27
	107	+	(c) In this section, "board" means the board of parole. 28
	108	+	* Sec. 10. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 29