BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5819

SB 5819: Postconviction review board

Establishing a postconviction review board and review process for early release of qualifying offenders.

Summary

Transfers the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board within the Department of Corrections to the Office of the Governor and renames it as the Post-Conviction Review Board (the PCR Board).
Adds members to the PCR Board and requires members to meet minimum qualifications.
Authorizes the PCR Board to hear petitions and make determinations regarding the early release of persons who have served: at least 15 consecutive years of total confinement; at least 20 consecutive years of total confinement if convicted of murder 1; or one-half of the person's sentence of total confinement if the person is over age sixty.
Allows a person convicted prior to turning age eighteen to petition for release after serving 15 years in total confinement.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5819), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing a postconviction review board and review process for early release of qualifying offenders;

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

Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5819)
Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 22, 2019Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5819)
Feb 22, 2019Referred to Ways & Means.
Feb 21, 2019LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5819)
Feb 21, 2019Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5819)
Feb 21, 2019And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5819)
Feb 21, 2019And refer to Ways & Means.
Feb 21, 2019Minority; do not pass.
Feb 21, 2019LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 5, 2019On motion, referred to Law & Justice.
Feb 4, 2019Held at the Desk.
Feb 4, 2019First Reading.

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