HI SB2851

Establishes a one-year maximum limit on conditional release for defendants acquitted by reason of mental disease, disorder, or defect of petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or violation charges not involving violence or attempted violence.

Specifies that the one-year conditional release period is tolled (paused) during any hospitalization ordered due to violation of conditional release requirements.

Allows courts to order temporary hospitalization for up to 90 days (extendable up to one year) for persons on conditional release who violate treatment requirements, without requiring a full hearing within the initial 72-hour period.

Provides that if conditional release is revoked, any subsequent conditional release placement for the same person is also limited to one year if the original charge involved petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or violation without violence.

Corrects an inadvertent drafting error in prior legislation by applying the one-year limit to all persons on conditional release for non-violent misdemeanor charges, not just those placed on conditional release at the time of acquittal.