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Establishing a criminal penalty for violent repeat offenders and providing for risk assessments
Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections
Same legislation: SF 586
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 586
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 586 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 586 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes a criminal penalty for a violent repeat offender and provides for risk assessments.11.6(1)(a) (attempted burglary in the second degree) who has twice before been convicted of any felony violation under those Code chapters or sections. An offender who is serving a violent repeat offender sentence under the bill is only eligible for a reduction of sentence equal to fifteen eighty-fifths of a day for each day of good conduct by the offender. Most other offenders are eligible for a reduction of sentence equal to one and two-tenths days for each day the inmate demonstrates good conduct.
Read the full explanation
13. However, an offender serving a violent repeat offender sentence is not required to serve seven-tenths of the maximum term of the sentence prior to being eligible for parole or work release as an offender serving a percent sentence is required to serve.3. However, a prior conviction for murder in the second degree, attempted murder, sexual abuse in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, or robbery in the second degree shall be counted as a previous conviction in determining whether a person is a violent repeat offender.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 27, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Fiscal note
6 million per fiscal year. This estimate is based on the number of offenders in FY 2019 who met the eligibility criteria for a violent habitual offender. The impact would likely occur five years or more after implementation of this Bill. Table 3 provides the total additional supervision cost by offense class type.
- Violent Habitual Offender · February 12, 2020
- Violent Habitual Offender · March 18, 2019
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