HB 1521: Criminal Justice
GENERAL BILL by Joseph
Criminal Justice; prohibits landlord from asking prospective tenant about criminal record prior to making conditional offer; limits offenses that may be considered after such an offer is made; removes full payment of financial obligations from voting rights restoration requirements; provides for retroactive applicability of sentencing & resentencing of certain persons who committed certain violations before specified date which involved trafficking in certain controlled substances; revises definitions of term "juvenile offender" for purposes of review of sentences of review of juvenile sentences; provides for treatment of concurrent & consecutive sentences; provides for retroactive effect; requires DOC to provide specified data concerning inmates to Legislature for redistricting purposes; specifies how such data shall be used in redistricting; provides that only persons convicted of capital or life felonies are liable for correctional costs in specified liquidated damage amount for incarceration; removes provisions specifying fixed daily amount for an offender's liability for incarceration costs; revises offenses for which juvenile may be direct filed in adult court; requires judicial finding for discretionary direct file of juveniles; provides requirements for judicial findings; provides for return of juveniles to juvenile division at any point during circuit court proceedings.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1521, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 3:28 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 613 Prosecuting Children as Adults Hart Compare Last Action: 2/19/2025 H Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee 
S 950 Prosecuting Children as Adults Rouson Compare Last Action: 2/28/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 83.455 Page 3 (pdf) 98.0751 Restoration of voting rights; termination of ineligibility subsequent to a felony conviction. Page 7 (pdf) 893.13501 Page 8 (pdf) 921.1402 Review of sentences for persons convicted of specified offenses committed while under the age of 18 years. Page 13 (pdf) 940.05 Restoration of civil rights. Page 7 (pdf) 944.1915 Page 14 (pdf) 960.293 Determination of damages and losses. Page 17 (pdf) 985.557 Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria. Page 17 (pdf)