SB1635 Summary

• Authorizes counties with service-intensive probation programs (pre-trial, DUI court, veteran's court, drug court, mental health court, domestic violence court) to impose a $25 fee on defendants convicted or granted supervision.

• Allows courts to sentence defendants convicted of non-violent, non-probationable offenses to a combination of imprisonment and consecutive service-intensive probation if the court finds the defendant has substance abuse or mental health issues and meets other eligibility requirements.

• Court must impose treatment requirements, graduated sanctions and rewards, court monitoring at least every 30 days, and may structure sentences without regard to mandatory minimums if the combined imprisonment and probation term equals or exceeds the minimum sentence.

• Service-intensive probation sentence requires defendant's written agreement to terms and conditions, with possibility of revocation and re-sentencing for violations; if defendant is sentenced to Department of Corrections, probation runs concurrently with mandatory supervised release.

• Defendant must not have been convicted of a crime of violence within the past 10 years, must admit substance abuse or mental illness need for treatment, demonstrate willingness to participate, and commit a non-violent drug offense or eligible felony.