Steve Hurst

Steve Hurst
Hurst in 2021
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
from the 35th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 1998
Personal details
Born1948 or 1949 (age 77–78)
PartyDemocratic (before 2010)
Republican (2010-present)
ProfessionBusinessman

Steve Hurst (born c. 1948) is an American politician. He is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 35th District, serving since 1998. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Starting 2013, Hurst gained national media attention for sponsoring a measure to legalize the practice of chemical castration for sex offenders. Hurst's bill eventually passed in 2019.

By 2021, however, Alabama Department of Public Health told reporters they have never actually administered medication for chemical castration since the bill passed. Writer Caroline Beck pointed out the state's statute is may be moot: while chemical castration is imposed as a condition of parole, crimes which qualify for chemical castration are ineligible for parole entirely.

References

  1. ↑ "Alabama House member unhurt after truck hits tree". Associated Press. January 14, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ By Associated Press (March 8, 2016). "Lawmaker wants convicted sex offenders to pay for their own castration". Fox News. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hastings, Deborah (November 19, 2013). "Does castrating child molesters in the criminal justice system make predators stop preying?". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Legislative Acts | Alabama Secretary of State". arc-sos.state.al.us. Retrieved September 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Beck, Caroline (June 16, 2021). "Chemical castration law hasn't been used since 2019 enactment". Alabama Daily News. Retrieved September 5, 2026.