Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session
Relating to: petitions for conditional release following revocation of conditional release.
Court — Procedure Mental health — Hospitals and institutes Sentences and penalties
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a person is committed to institutional care following a
finding of not guilty by mental disease or mental defect, the person may petition a
court to be placed on conditional release after six months of commitment. If the court
grants conditional release, the court may revoke the release if the person violates a
rule or condition of the release or for the safety of the person or another. Under
current law, if a court revokes a person's conditional release, the person may not
petition the court to be placed again on conditional release until at least six months
have passed since the revocation. Under this bill, if a court revokes a person's
conditional release, that court must determine when the person may petition the
court to be placed again on conditional release.