SB2514 Summary

• Creates a good time credit system allowing defendants on probation to reduce their sentence through compliance with probation conditions.

• Restricts association conditions to only prohibit contact with persons having involvement in the defendant's crime, prosecution, or arrest—preventing blanket prohibitions on associating with others under supervision.

• Limits alcohol and drug use conditions to situations where such use is reasonably related to the crime of conviction.

• Prohibits courts from requiring substance abuse treatment if no qualifying program exists in the defendant's county of residence or if the defendant has not been accepted into a program despite good faith efforts.

• Prohibits incarceration for technical violations (violations other than new misdemeanor or felony offenses) and requires written notice of hearing for technical violations instead of arrest.