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FL S1486

FL S1486
Gain-time


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Introduced
01/05/2022
In Committee
01/12/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/14/2022

Introduced Session

2022 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Revising a principle of the Criminal Punishment Code relating to a prisoner's required minimum term of imprisonment; revising the incentive gain-time that the Department of Corrections may grant a prisoner; providing exceptions, etc.

AI Summary

This bill revises provisions of the Criminal Punishment Code and the Department of Corrections' gain-time system. It amends the code to require that a prisoner serve at least 65% of their sentence for non-violent felonies and at least 85% of their sentence for other felonies before becoming eligible for release through gain-time or other sentence reductions, with some exceptions for life sentences. The bill also modifies the rate at which the Department of Corrections can grant incentive gain-time to prisoners, capping it at 20 days per month in most cases. The changes made by this bill are intended to ensure that prisoners serve a minimum portion of their court-imposed sentences.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Died in Judiciary (on 03/14/2022)

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