HB23-1299 Summary

• Changes the justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative grant program from continuous appropriation to annual appropriation beginning in state fiscal year 2023-24.

• Extends the deadline for repealing the justice reinvestment initiative expansion account from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2024, and allows the department to use remaining unexpended funds through fiscal year 2024-25.

• Appropriates $3,000,000 to the department of local affairs for fiscal year 2023-24 from the targeted crime reduction grant program cash fund for crime prevention initiative grants.

• Extends the repeal date of the entire justice reinvestment crime prevention initiative statutory provisions from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2027, and requires the department of regulatory agencies to review the initiative before repeal.