HB 2155 Summary

• Extends the deadline for victims to request a reexamination proceeding from ten days to twenty days after a proceeding at which their constitutional or statutory right was denied.

• Clarifies that failure to afford victims' rights shall not provide grounds for a new trial, but allows victims to motion to reopen a plea or sentence under specific conditions (victim not voluntarily absent, right to be heard asserted and denied, and in plea cases the accused has not pled to the highest offense charged).

• Applies to both adult criminal proceedings (Section 13-4436) and juvenile delinquency proceedings (Section 8-415), with terminology adjusted accordingly (postconviction vs. postadjudication releases).

• Requires courts to commence reexamination proceedings within thirty days after notice that a victim is exercising their right to such proceedings based on failure to perform duties or provide rights.

• Preserves victims' right to restitution, which may be sought and enforced at any time regardless of other procedural limitations.