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ND SB2128
Bill
Status
2/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary
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AI Summary
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Offenders must serve 85% of their sentence before release eligibility for violent crimes (murder, kidnapping, gross sexual imposition, robbery), or 50% for other offenses before parole eligibility, with good time credits capped at 15% of the sentence served
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Work release and transitional facility placement restricted to offenders who have served 85% of their sentence or are serving sentences only for specific lower-level offenses; Department of Corrections must report quarterly to the Attorney General and Legislative Council on individuals qualifying under the lower-level offense exception
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Mandatory minimum sentences established: 30 days consecutive imprisonment for assaulting peace officers, correctional employees, firefighters, or emergency personnel (class C felony); 14 days consecutive for preventing arrest; 30 days consecutive for felony fleeing from police
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Transfers between correctional facilities limited to purposes of safety, security, discipline, or medical care, removing broader discretionary authority previously given to the Director of Corrections
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Provisions apply to individuals charged after July 31, 2025; courts may order impoundment of vehicles used in fleeing offenses for up to six months upon state's attorney motion
Legislative Description
Transparent sentencing of criminal offenders, transfer of persons between correctional facilities, work release eligibility and conditions for criminal offenders, sentences for assaulting and fleeing from law enforcement officers, and sentences for preventing arrest; to provide a legislative management report; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 41 nays 52
4/3/2025