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OR HB2555

Bill

Status

Passed

8/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Travis Nelson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • Program conditions may include house arrest, electronic surveillance, vocational training, parenting classes, drug/alcohol treatment, mental health treatment, and life skills classes

  • Increases Department of Corrections General Fund appropriation by $2,648,236 for the 2025-2027 biennium to implement the program in participating counties

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/23/2025
Public Safety6/9/2025
Ways and Means4/7/2025
Judiciary1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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