Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: reducing maximum imprisonment period for felonies that are classified as Class A to Class H and providing a penalty. (FE)
Crime and criminals — Felony Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Sentences and penalties Septic tank
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law classifies felonies as Class A through I and provides a maximum period of imprisonment for each classification. The period of imprisonment for felonies committed on or after December 31, 1999, consists of a term of confinement in prison followed by a term of extended supervision in the community. Current law provides maximum periods for each of those terms. The maximum terms are as follows:
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See PDF for table
This bill changes the maximum period of imprisonment for felonies that are classified as A through H and changes the maximum terms of confinement and extended supervision accordingly. The changes first apply to crimes that are committed on the day the bill becomes law. The changed terms are as follows:
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See PDF for table
The bill makes other changes in accordance with the reduced maximum periods, such as reducing mandatory minimum periods of confinement in prison.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Clancy (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D)
Full history
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Clancy, Madison and Moore Omokunde
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1