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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2712: Supervision of offenders

Changing provisions relating to supervision of offenders.

Summary

  • $ Authorizes the Department of Corrections (DOC) to terminate a court-ordered term of community custody, community placement, or community supervision for offenders classified at the lowest risk level.
  • $ Provides immunity to the DOC for offender risk classifications and for decisions to terminate an offender's term of community custody, community placement, or community supervision.
  • $ Terminates the DOC's responsibility for supervising offenders for legal financial obligations and provides that they may supervise for financial obligations while the offender is under DOC supervision for community custody, community placement, or community supervision.
  • $ Provides that a community corrections officer has no duty to arrest an offender for a violation of a sentence condition if the DOC has eliminated or terminated supervision of the offender.
  • $ Requires current work release programs to be managed and operated by contract with private organizations.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2712), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2002
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Helen Sommers (D-36)
Introduced
January 24, 2002 in the House
Last action
January 24, 2002
Requested by
State agency
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to supervision of offenders;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Helen Sommers (D-36)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. First reading, referred to Judiciary.

HB 2712 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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