Senate Bill 129 Summary

• Amends IC 11-13-3-2 to modify parole eligibility rules for offenders sentenced under laws other than the 1976 criminal code.

• Creates an exception to the rule prohibiting parole for persons sentenced to multiple life sentences: allows parole consideration if at least one felony conviction is for kidnapping.

• Maintains existing parole eligibility timelines: 20 years for first/second degree murder convictions, 15 years for other felonies, and one-half of determinate sentences or 20 years (whichever is shorter) for determinate terms.

• Makes technical updates to replace gender-specific pronouns with gender-neutral language throughout the statute.

• Effective July 1, 2011.