HB 14-1114: Earned Time Administration Summary

• Eliminates automatic vesting of earned time credits awarded by the Colorado Department of Corrections effective upon the bill's enactment date.

• Earned time now vests only upon completion of annual or semiannual performance reviews, with exceptions allowing the department to withdraw credits upon certain violations.

• Department may withdraw earned time credits awarded in the 12 months preceding a Class III code of penal discipline violation (non-violent).

• Department may withdraw earned time credits awarded in the 24 months preceding a Class I or II code of penal discipline violation (non-violent).

• Department must withdraw all earned time credits awarded during an inmate's entire incarceration if an administrative hearing determines the inmate committed a crime of violence as defined in Section 18-1.3-406, C.R.S.

• Applies to both inmates sentenced under the current statutory provisions and parolees in the Colorado corrections system.