House Bill 1021 - Justice Reinvestment Act Clarifications

• Clarifies waiver of rights procedures for probationers facing confinement under community and intermediate punishment violations by requiring signatures from the probationer and two designated officers instead of probation officer and supervisor.

• Modifies probation violation confinement provisions to apply uniformly to felony offenders at 90 days maximum, while establishing separate 90-day maximum confinement periods for misdemeanor offenders, with limits of two total confinement periods before revocation.

• Increases maximum sentence terms for drug trafficking offenses, including marijuana (from 30-219 months to 39-222 months depending on quantity), synthetic cannabinoids, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and other controlled substances (proportional increases across all felony classes).

• Clarifies that reimprisonment for post-release supervision violations tolls the running of the supervised release period, except when supervisees have completed their maximum sentence terms.

• Authorizes the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission to conduct revocation hearings and certain contempt proceedings by videoconference, effective December 1, 2012.