Bill Summary

by Brandes Co Sponsors: Perry, Young CS Sponsors: Appropriations, Criminal Justice

Prearrest Diversion Programs; Requiring the Department of Corrections to include information in its annual report on inmate admission based on offense type and recidivism rate; encouraging local communities and public or private educational institutions to implement prearrest diversion programs for certain offenders; requiring each pretrial release program to include in its annual report the types of criminal charges of defendants accepted into a pretrial release program, the number of defendants accepted into a pretrial release program who paid a bail or bond, the number of defendants accepted into a pretrial release program with no prior criminal conviction, and the number of defendants for whom a pretrial risk assessment tool was used or was not, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2018

   S Criminal Justice
   S Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
   S Appropriations