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SB 1194: Criminal Justice

GENERAL BILL by Rouson

Criminal Justice; Requiring a defendant who is sentenced for a primary offense of possession of a controlled substance committed on or after a specified date to be sentenced to a nonstate prison sanction under certain circumstances unless the court makes specified written findings; authorizing a defendant to move the sentencing court to depart from a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment or a mandatory fine if the offense is committed on or after a specified date; revising a principle of the Criminal Punishment Code relating to a prisoner’s required minimum term of imprisonment; revising the incentive gain-time that the Department of Corrections may grant a prisoner for offenses committed on or after a specified date; providing that persons convicted of a noncapital offense and sentenced for a term of life qualify for conditional release, subject to certain terms and conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/7/2017 Senate • Filed
12/18/2017 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 88
1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 88
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice