Connecticut Senate Bill 1129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on March 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Public Hearing 04/01
Pending: Joint Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To create a pilot program to identify and track the homeless, addicted or mentally ill persons entering the criminal justice system, with the intention of referring them to treatment and assistance as an alternative to incarceration and to reduce recidivism and to add to the list of crimes for which an inmate is sentenced and becomes ineligible to earn risk reduction credits and to require the warden to review and verify an inmate's record, if risk reduction credits are being applied to reduce such inmate's sentence.

An Act Establishing A Pilot Program To Identify And Track The Homeless, Addicted Or Mentally Ill Persons Entering The Justice System And Concerning The Earned Risk Reduction Credit Program.

House Judiciary Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	Senate	Public Hearing 04/01
2015-03-26	Senate	Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01129&which_year=2015
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/TOB/S/2015SB-01129-R00-SB.htm