Steve Hurst (born c. 1948) is an American politician. He is a member of the

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from the 35th District, serving since 1998. He is a member of the Republican party. 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 to ''

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'', "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."

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Living people Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives 1940s births 21st-century American politicians {{Alabama-politician-stub