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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 679

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Relating to: prohibiting revocation of probation, extended supervision, or parole for failure to pay restitution or certain fees. (FE)

Corrections, department of Court — Fee Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Parole or probation Sentences and penalties

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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, a person who is placed on probation or who is released from

confinement in prison to parole or to extended supervision may be required, as a

condition of his or her release, to pay a fee to the Department of Corrections (DOC)

intended to partially reimburse DOC for the costs of providing supervision and

services (supervision fee). Additionally, a person who is convicted of a crime may be

required to pay restitution to the victim of his or her crime. Payment of restitution

may be a condition of probation or of release to probation or extended supervision.

Under current law, if a person violates a condition of probation or release to

parole or extended supervision, his or her period of extension may be modified,

extended, or revoked, and his or her release to parole or extended supervision may

be revoked.

Under this bill, a person may not have his or her probation or release to parole

or extended supervision revoked solely because he or she fails to pay a supervision

fee or restitution.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Miller (D)

9 cosponsors

Barnes (D) , Goyke (D) , Johnson (D) , Kessler (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Harris Dodd and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Goyke, Kessler, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Pope, Subeck, Zepnick, Johnson and Barnes

  2. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 26, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1