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IN SB0146
Bill
AI Summary
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Creates new crime of "aiding in the escape of an inmate" as a Level 5 felony, defined as knowingly delivering escape tools or devices into a correctional facility without authorization
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Adds cellular telephone components to prohibited items that elevate trafficking with an inmate from Class A misdemeanor to Level 5 felony (alongside controlled substances, deadly weapons, and complete cell phones)
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Adds both "carrying a deadly weapon into a correctional facility" and "aiding in the escape of an inmate" to the list of violent offenses that disqualify offenders from forensic diversion programs
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Requires law enforcement to notify schools within 48 hours when juveniles are arrested for the newly added offenses of carrying deadly weapons into correctional facilities or aiding escape
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Classifies persons convicted of carrying deadly weapons into correctional facilities or aiding inmate escapes as "serious violent felons," prohibiting them from possessing firearms
Legislative Description
Aiding in the escape of an inmate. Adds cellular telephone components to the existing list of prohibited items for which trafficking with an inmate is a Level 5 felony. Creates the crime of aiding in the escape of an inmate. Adds carrying a deadly weapon into a correctional facility and aiding in the escape of an inmate to: (1) the list of offenses that make the offender ineligible for a forensic diversion program; (2) the list of offenses for which a juvenile's arrest or custodial detention by a law enforcement agency must be reported by the law enforcement agency to
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
1/3/2018