HB 400

Abstract

Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence;repeal. Repeals the limitations on the amount of active incarcerationa court can impose as a result of a revocation hearing for a probationviolation or violation of the terms and conditions of a suspendedsentence. Under current law, there are limitations on the amountof active incarceration a court can impose for defined technicalviolations. The bill also removes limitations on the lengths of aperiod of probation and a period of suspension of a sentence thatmay be fixed by the court. Under current law, a court may fix theperiod of probation for up to the statutory maximum period for which the defendant might originally have been sentenced to be imprisonedand any period of supervised probation shall not exceed five yearsfrom the release of the defendant from any active period of incarceration,with some exceptions. The bill also makes changes to the time periodswithin which a court must issue process to notify the accused ofa revocation hearing.