Sentencing

State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2021-2022 Session

Impaired Driving Law Revisions [HB-25]
Impaired Driving Law Revisions

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Clampitt Passed 1st Reading on 02/01/2021

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 40 and Title 41, relative to public health emergency credits. [SB-339]
As introduced, requires the commissioner of correction to award certain inmates up to eight months of public health emergency credits for time served during a state of emergency declared by the governor due to a public health emergency based on communicable disease. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 40 and Title 41.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee on 04/13/2021

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Regular Session 2021

Sentencing, to revise sentencing standards in certain circumstances, to repeal habitual felony offender act, to provide for resentencing for defendants whose sentences were based on the habitual felony offender act, Sec. 13A-5-14 added; Secs. 13A-5-9, 13A-5-10 repealed; Secs. 13A-5-6, 13A-5-13, 13A-11-241, 13A-12-231, 13A-12-233, 14-9-44, 32-5A-154, 32-5A-191 am'd. [HB-107]
Sentencing, to revise sentencing standards in certain circumstances, to repeal habitual felony offender act, to provide for resentencing for defendants whose sentences were based on the habitual felony offender act, Sec. 13A-5-14 added; Secs. 13A-5-9, 13A-5-10 repealed; Secs. 13A-5-6, 13A-5-13, 13A-11-241, 13A-12-231, 13A-12-233, 14-9-44, 32-5A-154, 32-5A-191 am'd.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher England Indefinitely Postponed on 05/06/2021

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2021 Regular Session

Relating To Credit For Time Of Detention Prior To Sentence. [HB-895]
Clarifies that defendants may not earn credit on a sentence imposed for a subsequent conviction for time being served on a previous felony conviction. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki Vetoed On 07/06/2021 - Returned From The Governor Without Approval (gov. Msg. No. 1289). on 07/06/2021

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2021 Regular Session

Relating To Credit For Time Of Detention Prior To Sentence. [SB-1049]
Clarifies that defendants may not earn credit on a sentence imposed for a subsequent conviction for time being served on a previous felony conviction

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi Referred To Jdc. on 01/29/2021

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2021 Regular Session

Relating To Minors. [HB-418]
Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as 50% shorter than any mandatory minimum and, in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Mizuno Referred To Hhh, Jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/27/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Sentencing; repetitive offenders [HB-2681]
Sentencing; repetitive offenders

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Bowers Introduced In House And Read First Time on 05/24/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Sentencing; credit; electronic monitoring [HB-2601]
Sentencing; credit; electronic monitoring

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Blackman Senate Majority Caucus: Do Pass on 03/30/2021

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2021 Regular Session

Relating To Ignition Interlock Devices. [SB-150]
Requires consecutive terms of imprisonment for anyone convicted as a repeat or habitual offender if arising from same conduct as conviction for operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device. Requires any person operating a vehicle with an ignition interlock to have government issued identification in their immediate possession. Extends the lookback period under provisions relating to ignition interlock requirements from five to ten years. Expands the offense of circumventing or tampering with an ignition interlock to include obscuring (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Lee Referred To Trs, Jdc. on 01/22/2021

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 69, relative to indigency funds. [HB-325]
As enacted, creates the electronic monitoring indigency fund task force to study and make recommendations on the future of the electronic monitoring indigency fund. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 55 and Title 69.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Curcio Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1084 on 06/01/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal sentencing. [SB-226]
As enacted, enacts the "Good Samaritan Sentencing Enhancement Act," which provides that a defendant convicted of first degree murder is eligible for the death penalty if the victim was rendering assistance to a person in need at the time of their death. - Amends TCA Title 39.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Hensley Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 215 on 05/03/2021

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to sentencing for certain sexual offenses. [HB-218]
As introduced, requires that a person convicted of facilitation of rape of a child or aggravated rape of a child be sentenced to community supervision for life and to serve 100 percent of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for release, with no more than 15 percent in sentence reduction credits. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Lamberth Intro., P1c. on 02/08/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Sentencing; repetitive offenders [HB-2318]
Sentencing; repetitive offenders

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Toma Transmitted To Governor on 03/24/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Undesignated offenses; misdemeanor status; exceptions [HB-2162]
Undesignated offenses; misdemeanor status; exceptions

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Blackman Transmitted To Governor on 04/09/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Sentencing; judgment of guilt; fingerprints [HB-2075]
Sentencing; judgment of guilt; fingerprints

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Franklin Pratt Transmitted To Governor on 03/23/2021

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 32nd Legislature

Aggravating Factors At Sentencing [HB-51]
An Act relating to aggravating factors considered at sentencing.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson Jud Rpt Cs(jud) 4dp 2dnp on 02/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal sentencing. [HB-47]
As enacted, enacts the "Good Samaritan Sentencing Enhancement Act," which provides that a defendant convicted of first degree murder is eligible for the death penalty if the victim was rendering assistance to a person in need at the time of their death. - Amends TCA Title 39.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Moody Pub. Ch. 215 on 05/03/2021

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

Aggravated assault; strangulation; sentencing [SB-1006]
Aggravated assault; strangulation; sentencing

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Victoria Steele Senate Read Second Time on 01/12/2021

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

As introduced, revises the release eligibility for persons sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder; requires the department of correction to notify inmates previously sentenced to life imprisonment of eligibility for earlier release upon filing a written request. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Section 40-35-501. [SB-1181]
As introduced, revises the release eligibility for persons sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder; requires the department of correction to notify inmates previously sentenced to life imprisonment of eligibility for earlier release upon filing a written request. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Section 40-35-501.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/11/2019

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 111th General Assembly

As enacted, adds to sentencing considerations available community-based alternatives to confinement and the benefits that imposing such alternatives may provide to the community should be considered when the offense is nonviolent and the defendant is the primary caregiver of a dependent child. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41. [SB-985]
As enacted, adds to sentencing considerations available community-based alternatives to confinement and the benefits that imposing such alternatives may provide to the community should be considered when the offense is nonviolent and the defendant is the primary caregiver of a dependent child. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 41.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore Pub. Ch. 309 on 05/13/2019

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