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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 801

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Relating to: grants to reduce recidivism and making an appropriation. (FE)

Corrections, department of Municipality — Finance Organization, miscellaneous

  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

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide grants, in the total

amount of $20,000,000 each fiscal biennium, to local units of government and

nonprofit organizations that have established programs that reduce criminal

recidivism.

Under the bill, in order to qualify for a grant, a local unit of government or a

nonprofit organization must have a program that serves at least 50 persons who are

released from confinement to parole or extended supervision, must have a lower

recidivism rate among participants in its program than the state recidivism rate, and

must be able to demonstrate that the cost of expanding the program would be less

than the savings to the state achieved from the reduction in recidivism.

Sponsors

Introduced by: L. Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 7, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator L. Taylor

  2. Apr 7, 2016 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1