The House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code heard HB 1120 authored by Rep. Steuerwald and Rep. McNamara regarding educational credit time. The bill repeals old guidelines related to educational credit time and sets forth new guidelines related to educational credit time for a person incarcerated in the Department of Correction (DOC) after June 30, 2020. Specifically, the bill … [Read more...] about Educational credit time
sentencing
Drug dealing
S.E.A. 110, P.L. 182 Effective: July 1, 2019 Adds an item to the existing list of enhancing circumstances for offenses relating to controlled substances. Provides that an enhancing circumstance means that the person knowingly committed the offense in, on, or within 100 feet of a drug treatment facility. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/110 … [Read more...] about Drug dealing
Sentencing
S.E.A. 198, P.L. 5 Effective: July 1, 2019 Makes committing a controlled substance offense on the property of a penal facility or juvenile facility an enhancing circumstance. Makes it an aggravating circumstance that a crime was committed because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the victim. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/198 … [Read more...] about Sentencing
Commitment of Level 6 offenders to DOC
H.E.A. 1078, P.L. 240 Effective: July 1, 2019 Provides that a court may commit a person convicted of a Level 6 felony to the department of correction (DOC) if: (1) the person is a violent offender; or (2) the person has two prior unrelated felony convictions. These categories are added to the existing portion of the statute requiring the person’s earliest possible release date is m … [Read more...] about Commitment of Level 6 offenders to DOC
Community corrections and credit time
H.E.A. 1080, P.L. 26 Effective: April 10, 2019 Provides that the department of correction may adopt emergency rules concerning the deprivation of earned good time credit for a person who is placed in a community corrections program. Makes a technical correction. Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1080 … [Read more...] about Community corrections and credit time