BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 6370: Earned release time

Clarifying earned release provisions that apply to city and county jails.

Summary

  • Offenders serving jail sentences, or that are in city or county farms, camps, work release programs and facilities, or special detention facilities, for serious violent offenses or sex offenses that are class A felonies committed after July 1, 2004, are able to earn a maximum of 10 percent earned release time instead of 15 percent.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2004
  2. Out of committeeFeb 5, 2004
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Adam Kline (D-37)
Introduced
January 19, 2004 in the Senate
Last action
March 1, 2004
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to a clarification of the earned release time provisions for offenders held in city or county jails;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Adam Kline (D-37)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  4. JUD - Majority; do pass.
  5. First reading, referred to Judiciary.

SB 6370 in other sessions

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