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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 792

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Relating to: allowing certain prisoners to earn time toward early release from confinement in prison. (FE)

Corrections, department of Prison 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

This bill allows certain prisoners who participate in educational or other

programs to earn time off the confinement portion of their sentences.

Under current law, a person who is imprisoned for a felony he or she committed

on or after December 31, 1999, is sentenced to a bifurcated sentence, with the first

portion of the sentence served in confinement in prison and the second portion of the

sentence served under extended supervision in the community. A person who is

serving a bifurcated sentence, with few exceptions, must serve the entire

confinement portion of his or her sentence before being released to extended

supervision.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to identify evidence-based

programs that reduce the rate of recidivism among participants. Under the bill, a

prisoner who is sentenced to confinement in prison for a misdemeanor or for a Class

C to Class I felony may earn time off of the confinement portion of his or her sentence

not to exceed 15 percent, at a rate determined by DOC, if he or she participates in

one or more of the programs DOC identifies. Under the bill, if a person's confinement

period is reduced by DOC, his or her period of extended supervision is increased so

that the length of the sentence does not change.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , R. Brooks (R) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Zamarripa (D)

5 cosponsors

Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Risser (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Krug, R. Brooks, Mursau, Bowen, Brostoff, Berceau, Anderson, Riemer, Considine, Kolste, Ohnstad, Kessler, C. Taylor, Pope, Subeck, Sargent, Zamarripa, Spreitzer and Billings; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Larson, L. Taylor, Wirch and Risser

  2. Dec 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Jan 25, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1