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Steve Hurst

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Steve Hurst
Member of theAlabama House of Representatives
from the35thdistrict
Assumed office
January 20, 1998
Personal details
Born1948 or 1949 (age 75–76)
Political partyDemocratic(before 2010)
Republican(2010-present)
ProfessionBusinessman

Steve Hurst(born c. 1948) is anAmericanpolitician.[1]He is a member of theAlabama House of Representativesfrom the 35th District, serving since 1998. He is a member of theRepublican Party.[2]

Hurst put forward a bill that, if approved, would require sex offenders who are 21 years of age or older, and committed a sexual offense against a child 12 years of age or younger, to undergo permanent surgical castration before being released from custody. According toSputnik,"only 7 states allow voluntary chemical castration as a replacement to imprisonment of those convicted of sexual offenses, and Texas is the only state that currently allows certain repeat offenders to elect surgical castration."[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^"Alabama House member unhurt after truck hits tree".Associated Press.14 January 2010.Retrieved30 March2016.
  2. ^ByAssociated Press(8 March 2016)."Lawmaker wants convicted sex offenders to pay for their own castration".Fox News.Retrieved30 March2016.