Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 10, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a public employee or official steals more than $10,000, judges are no longer allowed to delay or postpone their sentencing. A judge can only suspend a sentence in these cases if the person proves there are special reasons to do so. This rule applies to anyone working for the state, local governments, or school districts, including contractors.1
Read the official explanation
_____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill prohibits a sentencing court from deferring the judgment or deferring the sentence of a defendant if the defendant was a public employee or public official at the time of the offense and the amount of money taken by the public employee or public official in connection with the offense exceeded $10,000. The bill prohibits a sentencing court from suspending the sentence of a defendant if the defendant was a public employee or public official at the time of the offense and the amount of money taken by the public employee or public official in connection with the offense exceeded $10,000 unless the defendant establishes, by clear and convincing evidence, and the sentencing court finds and states specifically on the record, that mitigating circumstances exist warranting a departure from the otherwise mandatory minimum term of incarceration. 2).
Senate subcommittee
Named January 10, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SSB 1105 SSB 110589th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HSB 601 HSB 60189th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 2436 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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- HF 2574 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…91st General Assembly · Approved by committeeNearly identical
- HSB 635 HSB 63590th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2453Very similar
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