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2009 SESSION

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HB 2179 Trials; credit for time spent in confinement discretionary with court.

Introduced by: Edward T. Scott | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Credit for time served discretionary with court.  Provides that when a court orders credit for time served in jail pending trial, etc., it may order that no time or a portion of the time be deducted from the sentence of a term of confinement when a person violates his terms of bail and is incarcerated in a local correctional facility for a violation of his terms of bail pending his trial or appeal.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095955716  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/14/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 095955716
• 01/14/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/30/09  House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
• 01/30/09  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/09  House: Left in Courts of Justice