HB 1117 Summary

• Persons convicted of 22 specified violent and sexual offenses must serve at least 85% of their imprisonment sentence before becoming eligible for parole consideration.

• Upon serving 85% of the sentence, convicted individuals must be placed on the first available Pardon and Parole Board docket immediately following that date.

• Inmates convicted of these offenses cannot accumulate earned credits or other sentence-reducing credits, with earned credits capped at a maximum of 5% of total prison sentence days.

• The Department of Corrections may apply accumulated credits only after 85% of the sentence has been served, but application cannot result in immediate discharge from custody.

• Effective date: November 1, 2015.