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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5848

SB 5848: Individuals in DOC custody

Concerning individuals under the department of corrections' jurisdiction.

Summary

  • Requires multiple terms of community custody run concurrent, unless the courts expressly order terms be served consecutively, regardless of how the term of confinement is ordered.
  • Allows sanctions for low-level violations to be non-confinement sanctions when appropriate, or not more than three days in custody.
  • Removes requirements for 30 days of sanction time for underlying 21 designation cases.
  • Changes the allowable amount of earned time on a sentence from a maximum of 33 percent to a maximum of 50 percent, if the offense was not classified as a violent, sex, or crime against a person offense.
  • Adds an entitlement to a resentencing hearing for offenders who were sentenced for a drug offense committed prior to July 1, 2004, and are currently serving a term of incarceration for that drug offense.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5848), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
  2. Out of committeeFeb 28, 2019
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeannie Darneille (D-27)
Introduced
February 6, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Requested by
State agency
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5848, SSB 5848

AN ACT Relating to individuals under the department of corrections' jurisdiction;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeannie Darneille (D-27)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Joe Nguyen D-34

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5848)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5848)
  3. Senate Rules "X" file.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. Returned to Rules. (SSB 5848)
  6. Returned to Rules.
  7. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5848)
  8. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  9. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5848)
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5848)
  12. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5848)
  13. WM - Majority; without recommendation. (SSB 5848)
  14. WM - Majority; without recommendation.
  15. Minority; without recommendation.
  16. Minority; do not pass.
  17. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5848)
  18. Referred to Ways & Means.
  19. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5848)
  20. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5848)
  21. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5848)
  22. Minority; without recommendation.
  23. And refer to Ways & Means.
  24. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  25. First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.

SB 5848 in other sessions

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

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