Senate Bill 1141 Summary

• Expands victim restitution requirements to include compensatory damages for medical treatment, rehabilitation, lost income, funeral costs, and family expenses resulting from crimes, with restitution prioritized before payments to other entities.

• Creates a Criminal Justice Policy Commission with representatives from legislature, judiciary, prosecutors, defense attorneys, corrections, and victim advocates to analyze sentencing policies, collect recidivism data, and recommend modifications to sentencing guidelines.

• Establishes mandatory intermediate sanctions (jail terms up to 12 months plus probation) for felonies with sentencing guidelines capping minimum sentences at 18 months or less, unless courts document substantial and compelling reasons for imprisonment.

• Requires Department of Corrections to deduct 50% of prisoner funds over $50 monthly and remit payments toward ordered restitution and victim compensation obligations.

• Directs Department of Corrections to operate a jail reimbursement program funding counties for housing felony offenders, with reimbursement rates of at least $35 per diem for parole/probation violators.