HB 433 Summary

• Courts may not credit time served to a defendant's sentence if a psychologist or psychiatrist determines the defendant knowingly malingered or feigned illness while in lawful custody or detention, and a judge concurs with that determination.

• Amends sentencing credit statute to except defendants who malingered or feigned illness from the requirement that courts allow credit for time spent in county jail before sentencing.

• Reenacts related statutes regarding pretrial detention and release, Control Release Authority, and parole eligibility to incorporate the new malingering exception to sentencing credits.

• Effective date: July 1, 2017.