IN SB0415 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Provides that an inmate is eligible for rehabilitation based discharge for long term inmates if the inmate has served 21 years in the department of correction and has received four years of credit time. Allows certain persons to earn not more than six months credit time, as determined by the department of correction, for completion of one or more reformative programs approved by the department of correction. Prohibits a person from earning credit time for completing the requirements for a general educational development (GED) diploma, a high school diploma, an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, a career and technical education program, a substance abuse program, a literacy and basic life skills program, or a reformative program if the person: (1) commits a sex offense, criminal confinement if the victim is less than 18 years of age, or kidnapping if the victim is less than 18 years of age while the person is required to register as a sex or violent offender under the sex offender registration law; and (2) is committed to the department of correction after being convicted of the offense.
Title
Discharge of long term inmates; credit time.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-03-25 | Effective 07/01/2010 | |
| 2010-03-25 | Public Law 42 | |
| 2010-03-12 | Signed by the Governor | |
| 2010-03-11 | Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| 2010-03-08 | Signed by the Speaker | |
| 2010-03-08 | Signed by the President Pro Tempore | |
| 2010-03-04 | Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 260: Yeas 48, Nays 0 | |
| 2010-03-04 | Motion to concur in House amendments filed | |
| 2010-02-25 | Returned to the Senate with amendments | |
| 2010-02-25 | Representative V. Smith added as cosponsor | |
| 2010-02-25 | Representative Foley added as sponsor | |
| 2010-02-25 | Representative V. Smith removed as sponsor | |
| 2010-02-25 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 261: Yeas 70, Nays 19 | |
| 2010-02-24 | Second reading: ordered engrossed | |
| 2010-02-22 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
| 2010-02-09 | First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code | |
| 2010-02-02 | Cosponsor: Rep. Borders | |
| 2010-02-02 | House sponsor: Rep. V. Smith | |
| 2010-02-02 | Referred to the House | |
| 2010-02-02 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 165: Yeas 47 and Nays 3 | |
| 2010-02-01 | Second reading: ordered engrossed | |
| 2010-02-01 | Senator Alting added as second author | |
| 2010-01-28 | Committee report: do pass, adopted | |
| 2010-01-14 | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters | |
| 2010-01-14 | Authored by Senator Waterman |
