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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5451: Long sentences review

Allowing qualifying persons serving long sentences committed prior to reaching 25 years of age to seek review for possible release from incarceration.

Summary

  • Requires courts to sentence individuals convicted of aggravated first degree murder where the murder was committed prior to the offender's 25th birthday a maximum term of life imprisonment and a minimum term of total confinement of 25 years.
  • Permits individuals convicted of one or more crimes committed prior to the person's 25th birthday to petition the Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board for early release after serving no less than 15 years of total confinement in certain circumstances.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5451), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 18, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Noel Frame (D-36)
Introduced
January 18, 2023 in the Senate
Last action
January 8, 2024
Companion bill
HB 1325
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to allowing qualifying persons serving long sentences committed prior to reaching 25 years of age to seek review for possible release from incarceration;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Noel Frame (D-36)

6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Rebecca Saldaña D-37Bob Hasegawa D-11Patty Kuderer D-48Liz Lovelett D-40Joe Nguyen D-34Javier Valdez D-46

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 5451 in other sessions

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

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