H.B. 196 - Community Control Sanctions Summary

• Reduces maximum duration of community control sanctions for felonies from five years to: five years for first/second degree felonies, three years for third degree felonies, and two years for fourth/fifth degree felonies

• Reduces maximum duration of community control sanctions for misdemeanors from five years to two years

• Modifies penalties for technical violations of community control sanctions by creating a tiered jail incarceration system: first violation (max 15 days), second violation (max 30 days), third violation (max 45 days), fourth+ violations (any temporary incarceration sanction)

• Applies the reduced time limits to judicial release decisions for eligible and state of emergency-qualifying offenders under section 2929.20

• Updates related probation and community control statutes (sections 2951.02 and 2951.07) to align with the new time limitations