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FISCAL NOTE
Senate Bill 198
Committee: Judiciary Sponsor: Senator Arthur Orr
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 05/15/2023
Senate Bill 198 as passed the Senate would increase the administrative obligations of the
Alabama Sentencing Commission to update the presumptive sentencing guidelines and
worksheets pursuant to the provisions of this bill and could increase receipts to the State
General Fund from fines; increase receipts to the State General Fund, county general funds and
other funds to which court costs are deposited; and could increase the obligations of the State
General Fund, district attorneys, the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, the Department of
Corrections, and community correction programs by an undetermined amount dependent upon
the number of persons charged with and convicted of the offenses provided by the bill and the
penalties imposed.