H.E.A. 1004, P.L. 45
Effective: July 1, 2022
- Amends and updates certain terms involving direct placement in a community corrections program.
- Updates the definition of “community corrections program”.
- Specifies that a court may suspend any portion of a sentence and order a person to be placed in a community corrections program for the part of the sentence which must be executed.
- Provides that a person placed on a level of supervision as part of a community corrections program: (1) is entitled to earned good time credit; (2) may not earn educational credit; and (3) may be deprived of earned good time credit.
- Provides that when a person completes a placement program, the court may place the person on probation.
- Provides that a court may commit a person convicted of a Level 6 felony for an offense committed after June 30, 2022, to the Department of Correction (DOC), and that, consistent with current law, a court may commit a person convicted of a Level 6 felony for an offense committed before July 1, 2022, to DOC only if certain circumstances exist.
- Establishes certain conditions of parole for a person on lifetime parole and makes the violation of parole conditions and commission of specified other acts by a person on lifetime parole a Level 6 felony, with an enhancement to a Level 5 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
- Provides that, for purposes of calculating accrued time and good time credit, a calendar day includes a partial calendar day.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1004