HB 311 Summary

• Comprehensive criminal justice reform bill addressing sentencing, probation, parole, and treatment programs for offenders in Alaska

• Modifies controlled substance crimes by creating new felony degrees and altering sentencing ranges; removes inflation adjustments from theft crime thresholds

• Expands parole eligibility and creates new pathways for discretionary parole; limits time served requirements and allows parole board to deny further parole consideration

• Increases probation periods for felony sex offenses to 25 years and establishes mandatory minimum probation supervision periods based on offense severity

• Eliminates good time credit for treatment programs and electronic monitoring; establishes case planning and reentry planning requirements for prisoners; creates administrative sanction programs for probation and parole violations