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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 996

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Relating to: imposing concurrent sentences.

Court Sentences and penalties

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a person is convicted of multiple crimes, a court may

impose as many sentences as there are convictions and may require the person to

serve the sentences consecutively or concurrently. This bill allows a court to impose

consecutive sentences upon multiple convictions only if the court finds that

consecutive sentences are necessary in the interest of justice and places its reasons

on the record.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Brostoff (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Brostoff, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Spreitzer and Considine

  2. Mar 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1