Eric Koch
- Republican
- Senator
- District 44
Author
Provides that a court may not order a person convicted of a: (1) Level 1 felony; or (2) crime subject to certain enhancements; to a community corrections program. Allows a court to place a person in a community corrections program as an alternative to commitment to the county jail or department of correction. Repeals a requirement that a court suspend the sentence for a person placed in a community corrections program. Specifies that a person sentenced to work release in a community corrections program receives one day of accrued time for each day the person is confined on work release. (Current law only specifies that a person on home detention earns accrued time.) Provides that the violation of a home detention placement term constitutes the crime of escape under certain circumstances. Makes technical changes.
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Referred to the House
House sponsor: Representative Meltzer
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 28: yeas 48, nays 0
Cosponsors: Representatives McNamara and Steuerwald
Senator Baldwin added as third author
Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senator Freeman added as second author
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Authored by Senator Koch
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
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| Fiscal Note: SB0179.03.ENGS.FN001 | |
| Fiscal Note: SB0179.03.ENGS.FN002 |
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