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IN HB1534

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/17/2019

Primary Sponsor

Ragen Hatcher

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates Class P good time credit that previously awarded 1 day of credit for every 4 days served on pretrial home detention
  • Removes the prohibition on reassigning persons to different credit time classes while on pretrial home detention
  • Requires persons on pretrial home detention to be initially assigned to a credit class based on the most serious offense charged, aligning treatment with those imprisoned awaiting trial
  • Allows pretrial home detention credit to be recalculated at the higher credit class if all offenses of conviction carry higher credit than the charges
  • Effective date: July 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Home detention and credit time. Eliminates the provision that awards one day of good time credit for every four days of time served on pretrial home detention. Eliminates the provision that prohibits a person from being reassigned to a different credit time class while being monitored on pretrial home detention. Specifies that a person placed on home detention while awaiting trial is initially assigned to a credit class based on the most serious offense with which the person is charged.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

1/17/2019

Committee Referrals

Courts and Criminal Code1/17/2019

Full Bill Text

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