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CT HB06083

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/25/2011

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Steinberg

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires prosecutors to provide sentencing judges with estimated costs of various sentencing alternatives for nonviolent offenders prior to sentencing
  • Mandates cost comparison information include incarceration expenses contrasted with community-based alternative programs
  • Applies only to defendants convicted of nonviolent offenses
  • Aims to reduce penal costs and promote rehabilitation of non-habitual nonviolent offenders
  • Referred to the Committee on Judiciary during the January 2011 legislative session

Legislative Description

An Act Requiring The Sentencing Of Nonviolent Offenders To Take Into Account The Costs Of Incarceration Versus Alternatives To Incarceration.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

1/25/2011

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/25/2011

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