HB 957: Revising Penalties for Criminal Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Caruso ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Learned
Revising Penalties for Criminal Offenses; Provides civil citations for possession of small amounts of cannabis & cannabis paraphernalia offenses; provides 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 Criminal Punishment Code relating to prisoner's required minimum term of imprisonment & incentive gain-time that DOC may grant.
Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/17/2021 House • Filed
1/7/2022 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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HB 957, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/17/2021 at 12:23 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (5)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 470 Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses Powell Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary 
H 171 Criminal Rehabilitation Hart Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
H 725 Collateral Consequences and Penalties for Criminal Offenses Joseph Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
S 504 Criminal Convictions Perry Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary
S 1486 Gain-time Bracy Compare Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary
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)