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OR HB2555
Bill
Status
8/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Travis Nelson
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Family Sentencing Alternative Program through the Department of Corrections, circuit courts, community corrections agencies, and Department of Human Services to provide probation alternatives for eligible defendants
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Eligibility requires a presumptive prison sentence of at least one year AND the defendant must be pregnant at sentencing or be a parent/legal guardian with physical custody of a minor child at the time of offense or sentencing
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Program conditions may include house arrest, electronic surveillance, vocational training, parenting classes, drug/alcohol treatment, mental health treatment, and life skills classes
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Increases Department of Corrections General Fund appropriation by $2,648,236 for the 2025-2027 biennium to implement the program in participating counties
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Requires annual joint report from Department of Human Services and Department of Corrections to legislative committees by January 1 each year on program outcomes and efficacy
Legislative Description
Relating to sentencing; and declaring an emergency.
Last Action
Chapter 484, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.
8/7/2025