The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard HB 1051 urging the legislative council to assign the task of studying the topic of reckless homicide to an appropriate study committee. The committee would study the following aspects: (1) increasing the penalty for reckless homicide; and (2) whether a person commits a separate offense of reckless homicide for each person … [Read more...] about Study of reckless homicide
sentencing
Commitment of Level 6 offenders to DOC
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard HB 1078 sponsored by Sen. M. Young regarding the commitment of Level 6 offenders to the DOC. This bill provides that a court may commit a person convicted of a Level 6 felony to the department of correction if the person is a violent offender or has two prior unrelated felony convictions. The bill was amended by consent to … [Read more...] about Commitment of Level 6 offenders to DOC
Community corrections and credit time
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law heard HB 1080, sponsored by Sen. M. Young, regarding community corrections and credit time. The bill 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. The bill passed at 7-1. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Community corrections and credit time
Bias motivated crimes
The Senate Public Policy Committee heard Sen. Bohacek’s SB 12 on bias motivated crimes. The bill makes it an aggravating circumstance (for purposes of imposing a criminal sentence) that a crime was committed with the intent to harm or intimidate an individual or a group of individuals because of certain perceived or actual characteristics of the individual or group of individuals. T … [Read more...] about Bias motivated crimes
Sentencing
For amend and vote only, the Senate Appropriations Committee heard Sen. Mishler’s SB 76 on sentencing, making Level 2 and Level 3 felonies non-suspendible if the person has a prior unrelated felony conviction other than a felony conviction for a crime involving marijuana, hashish, hash oil, or salvia divinorum. The bill was amended by consent to add if a person is convicted for a L … [Read more...] about Sentencing