SB466 Summary

• Establishes a panel of five retired judges appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation to review and resentence nonviolent offenders sentenced under the Habitual Felony Offender Act prior to the 2000 amendments.

• Retired judges are nominated by a board chaired by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and including the presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

• Panel members serve five-year terms and receive annual compensation paid from the State Treasury; a quorum of two members is required to conduct official business.

• The review panel has authority to resentence individuals who received mandatory sentences of life or life without possibility of parole, determining whether offenders would have qualified for non-mandatory sentences under the amended 2000 law and whether resentencing is appropriate.

• The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.