HB 659: Criminal Justice
GENERAL BILL by Alexander
Criminal Justice; Requires defendant sentenced for primary offense of possession of controlled substance committed on or after specified date to be sentenced to nonstate prison sanction unless court makes specified written findings; authorizes motion to depart from mandatory minimum term if offense is committed on or after specified date; revises principle of Criminal Punishment Code relating to minimum term of imprisonment; revises incentive gain-time provisions; provides that inmates convicted of noncapital offenses & sentenced to life qualify for conditional release under certain conditions.
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/14/2017 House • Filed
11/27/2017 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 59
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 59
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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HB 659, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/14/2017 at 8:42 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1194 Criminal Justice Rouson Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Criminal Justice 
S 304 Conditional Release Program Rouson Compare Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Criminal Justice
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 775.082 Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison. Page 2 (pdf) 921.002 The Criminal Punishment Code. Page 4 (pdf) 944.275 Gain-time. Page 5 (pdf) 947.1405 Conditional release program. Page 9 (pdf)