HB 1215: Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Caruso
Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses; Provides for civil citations for possession of small amounts of cannabis & cannabis paraphernalia offenses; provides for community service in lieu of fines; limits number of civil citations that person may receive; provides person who contests violation waives specified civil penalty & may receive larger penalty; revises principle of Criminal Punishment Code relating to prisoner's required minimum term of imprisonment & incentive gain-time that DOC may grant.
Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/23/2021 House • Filed
2/28/2021 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
4/30/2021 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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HB 1215, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/23/2021 at 8:32 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 235 Criminal Rehabilitation Hart Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee 
S 472 Gain-time Bracy Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Judiciary
S 1032 (c1) Criminal Convictions Perry Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Appropriations
Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 893.13 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 2 (pdf) 893.131 Page 2 (pdf) 893.147 Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials. Page 4 (pdf) 921.002 The Criminal Punishment Code. Page 5 (pdf) 944.275 Gain-time. Page 6 (pdf)