HI HB510

Allows committed persons serving sentences for felony or misdemeanor convictions to earn good conduct, educational, and meritorious service time credits to reduce their minimum sentence.

Good conduct time credit may not exceed 10 days for each month served, as determined by the department based on the committed person's behavior.

Educational time credit of 60 days is awarded for earning a GED, high school diploma, two-year or four-year college degree, two-year or four-year applied sciences certification, or technical education diploma that the person did not possess before imprisonment; additional credits may be earned for subsequent programs of increased difficulty.

Meritorious service time credit may not exceed 5 days for each month served at the director's discretion for exceptionally meritorious service or duties of outstanding importance to institutional operations.

The department may revoke earned time credits and deny or restrict future credit earning if a committed person commits an offense, violates institution rules, or files multiple civil actions dismissed as malicious, harassing, or frivolous.