Bill > S4456

Introduced Session

This bill requires the State Parole Board (SPB) to administratively review certain parolees sentenced to life imprisonment and currently on parole release to determine whether the parolee should be discharged from parole. Under current law, certain parolees may be eligible for discharge from parole if the parolee has made a satisfactory adjustment while on parole, it is determined that continued supervision of the parolee is not required, and the parolee has made full payment of any fine or restitution. Current SPB procedures provide that a parolee who has been sentenced to life imprisonment and currently is serving a term of parole supervision may be eligible for parole discharge if the parolee has served at least seven years of the term of parole supervision and has been under advanced supervision status during the preceding two-year period. However, these procedures also provide that the appropriate board panel will only consider a discharge from parole if the parole officer recommends that the parolee be reviewed for discharge. This bill provides that, within 60 days of the bill's effective date, each parolee who has been sentenced to life imprisonment and currently is serving a term of parole supervision is to be administratively reviewed for the purposes of determining whether the parolee should be discharged from parole if the parolee has served at least seven years of the parolee's term of supervision and has been under advanced supervision status during the preceding two-year period.

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Benjie Wimberly (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee (on 05/19/2025)

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