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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 5034 Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release, sentence credits.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense other than those enumerated in the bill as exceptions to eligibility and who is terminally ill as defined in the bill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release.
The bill also establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the bill. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on July 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 08/14/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200695D pdf | impact statement
- 09/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201151D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 09/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201238D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 10/14/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20201334D-S2 pdf
- 10/16/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5034ER) pdf | impact statement
- 11/09/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2) pdf
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 08/14/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200695D
- 08/14/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 08/18/20 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
- 08/18/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 09/09/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 09/09/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201151D-S1
- 09/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 09/15/20 Senate: Read second time
- 09/15/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 09/15/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20201151D-S1
- 09/15/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5034S1
- 09/16/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N)
- 09/17/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 09/17/20 House: Read first time
- 09/17/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 09/22/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
- 09/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201238D-H1
- 09/22/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 09/25/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- 09/29/20 House: Read second time
- 10/02/20 House: Read third time
- 10/02/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20201238D-H1
- 10/02/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5034H1
- 10/02/20 House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/02/20 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 33-N)
- 10/07/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 10/07/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (21-Y 15-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senators: Boysko, Surovell, Cosgrove
- 10/07/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 10/07/20 House: Delegates: Scott, Herring, Miyares
- 10/14/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 10/14/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20201334D-S2
- 10/14/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/14/20 House: VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/14/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 10/16/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 10/16/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5034ER)
- 10/16/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 10/16/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 10/21/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- 10/21/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- 10/28/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 11/09/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N)
- 11/09/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
- 11/09/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- 11/09/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 42-N)
- 11/09/20 House: VOTE: (55-Y 42-N)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 11/09/20 House: Reenrolled
- 11/09/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2)
- 11/09/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 11/09/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 52 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill)
- 11/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)