Bill Summary

HB 535 Aged Prison Inmates (2017 Session)
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Sponsors
by Edwards-Walpole Co Sponsors: Cortes
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Summary
Aged Prison Inmates: Requires DOC to consider needs of inmates older than 50 years of age & adopt health care standards for that population; provides for supervised conditional elderly release program; provides criteria for program eligibility; authorizes arrest of inmate who has been released under supervised conditional elderly release program; defines "elderly & infirm inmate"; permits inmates 65 and over to serve less than 85% of their sentences if they receive certain forms of release & requires them to serve a lower minimum percentage of their sentences; expands eligibility for conditional medical release to include elderly & infirm inmates. Effective Date: July 1, 2017
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committees of reference
» H Criminal Justice Subcommittee
   H Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
   H Judiciary Committee
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Actions
01/25/17
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Filed
02/06/17
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Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
02/06/17
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Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
03/01/17
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Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Criminal Justice Impact Conference, 03/02/17, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)
05/05/17
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
05/08/17
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Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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bill text & filed amendments
0535
Filed on 01/25/17
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
945.6034
947.148
921.002
947.141
947.149
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