US SB312 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2021-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expands statutory authority for federal prisoners to be released before completing their sentences or to be placed in the community to serve the final portion of their sentences. First, the bill makes changes to the early release pilot program. The early release pilot program authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to release early and place on home confinement elderly offenders and terminally ill offenders who meet eligibility criteria. expands eligibility to offenders serving time for an offense under the laws of the District of Columbia, expands eligibility to offenders who have served at least one-half (currently, two-thirds) of their prison term, reduces the amount of time an offender must serve by the good time credits earned by the offender, and creates a judicial review process for prisoners and shortens the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, the bill modifies the compassionate release process. The compassionate release process authorizes federal courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence and impose a term of probation or supervised released in certain circumstances. expands eligibility to prisoners sentenced before November 1, 1987, specifies that vulnerability to COVID-19 is a basis for compassionate release, and shortens the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Title
COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2021
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC] |
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] | Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2021-06-08 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68. |
2021-06-08 | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. |
2021-05-27 | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
2021-02-12 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Same As/Similar To
HB929 (Related) 2021-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3669 (Same As) 2021-06-01 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3669 (Same As) 2021-06-01 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Administrative remedies
Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime and law enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime and law enforcement
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care