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IN HB1249

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2013

Primary Sponsor

Sean Eberhart

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits incarcerated individuals from earning educational credit time for associate's or bachelor's degrees if they have previously earned a degree at that level.

  • Prohibits individuals convicted of sex offenses (crimes listed in IC 11-8-8-4.5) from earning educational credit time for associate's or bachelor's degrees.

  • Changes application of educational credit time for sex and violent offenders from subtraction against release dates to subtraction against the period of imprisonment imposed by the sentencing court.

  • Maintains existing credit time amounts: 6 months for GED, 1 year for high school diploma, 1 year for associate's degree, and 2 years for bachelor's degree.

  • Effective July 1, 2013.

Legislative Description

Educational credit time.

Last Action

Representative VanNatter added as coauthor

1/22/2013

Committee Referrals

Courts and Criminal Code1/14/2013

Full Bill Text

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