Senate Bill 199 Summary

• Amends IC 35-38-1-17 to prohibit courts from reducing or suspending sentences for individuals sentenced under plea agreements unless the prosecuting attorney consents or the plea agreement specifically authorizes the reduction.

• Applies to persons who committed offenses or were sentenced before July 1, 2014, excluding credit restricted felons and most violent criminals (with limited exceptions).

• Requires courts to notify the prosecuting attorney and victim when setting a hearing on sentence modification petitions.

• Non-violent offenders may file up to two sentence modification petitions during any consecutive incarceration period (maximum one per 365-day period) without prosecutor consent; violent criminals have one 365-day window from sentencing to file without consent.

• Declares any waiver of sentence modification rights in a plea agreement invalid and unenforceable as against public policy; effective July 1, 2018.