IN SB0415 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

Provides that an inmate is eligible for rehabilitation based discharge for long term inmates if the inmate has served 21 years in the department of correction and has received four years of credit time. Allows certain persons to earn not more than six months credit time, as determined by the department of correction, for completion of one or more reformative programs approved by the department of correction. Prohibits a person from earning credit time for completing the requirements for a general educational development (GED) diploma, a high school diploma, an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, a career and technical education program, a substance abuse program, a literacy and basic life skills program, or a reformative program if the person: (1) commits a sex offense, criminal confinement if the victim is less than 18 years of age, or kidnapping if the victim is less than 18 years of age while the person is required to register as a sex or violent offender under the sex offender registration law; and (2) is committed to the department of correction after being convicted of the offense.

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Title

Discharge of long term inmates; credit time.

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-03-25 Effective 07/01/2010
2010-03-25 Public Law 42
2010-03-12 Signed by the Governor
2010-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate
2010-03-08 Signed by the Speaker
2010-03-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2010-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 260: Yeas 48, Nays 0
2010-03-04 Motion to concur in House amendments filed
2010-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments
2010-02-25 Representative V. Smith added as cosponsor
2010-02-25 Representative Foley added as sponsor
2010-02-25 Representative V. Smith removed as sponsor
2010-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: Yeas 70, Nays 19
2010-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2010-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2010-02-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2010-02-02 Cosponsor: Rep. Borders
2010-02-02 House sponsor: Rep. V. Smith
2010-02-02 Referred to the House
2010-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 165: Yeas 47 and Nays 3
2010-02-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2010-02-01 Senator Alting added as second author
2010-01-28 Committee report: do pass, adopted
2010-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
2010-01-14 Authored by Senator Waterman

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