US Congress Senate Bill 312

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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]

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.

COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2021

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]

Date	Chamber	Action
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.

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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/312/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s312/BILLS-117s312is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s312/BILLS-117s312rs.pdf