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ND HB1042
Bill
Status
1/3/2017
Primary Sponsor
Legislative Management
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AI Summary
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Establishes sentence reduction credit system allowing inmates to earn up to one day reduction per six days served, except for offenders sentenced under section 12.1-32-09.1.
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Expands medical parole eligibility to inmates with serious or terminal medical conditions, including those sentenced under certain mandatory minimum provisions.
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Requires courts to order domestic violence offenders to complete evaluation and treatment programs, restricting alternatives like anger management to cases where treatment is unavailable.
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Reduces theft offense penalties by increasing the threshold for class C felonies from $1,000 to $2,500 and establishes a class B misdemeanor for theft under $500 meeting specific conditions.
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Lowers drug possession charges from class C felony to class A misdemeanor, reduces school zone proximity threshold from 1,000 feet to 500 feet, removes seven-year waiting period restrictions on SNAP and TANF benefits for individuals with prior drug convictions, and establishes a pretrial services pilot project.
Legislative Description
Sentence reduction credit, medical paroles, domestic violence offender treatment, grading of theft offenses, credit for time spent in custody, terms and conditions of probation, controlled substances and controlled substance paraphernalia, addiction counseling services, and the supplemental nutrition assistance program; to provide for the creation of a pretrial services program pilot project within the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 1 nays 89
2/3/2017