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2016 SESSION
HB 53 Juvenile offenders; sentence modification procedure.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Juvenile offenders; sentence modification. Provides a mechanism for a person convicted of a nonhomicide offense committed on or after January 1, 1995, while the person was a juvenile, and who is sentenced to life or a term of confinement that would be completed after his 60th birthday, to petition for a modification of sentence at age 35 or after serving 20 years of the sentence, whichever occurs later.
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HISTORY
- 11/30/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100275D
- 11/30/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/10/16 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/16/16 House: Left in Courts of Justice