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2022 SESSION
HB 760 Suspended sentence; limitation on sentence upon revocation, technical violations, penalty.
Introduced by: Les R. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Limitation on sentence upon revocation of suspension of sentence; technical violations; penalty. Specifies that a violation of the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence or probation based on a defendant's failure to refrain from the use, possession, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance shall not be considered a technical violation. Accordingly, a court is not subject to the limitations on the amount of active incarceration it can impose as a result of a revocation hearing based on such violation and may revoke the suspension and impose or resuspend any or all of the period previously suspended. Currently, a defendant's failure to refrain from the use, possession, or distribution of any controlled substance or paraphernalia is a technical violation.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101505D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/03/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/04/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/22 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Read first time
- 02/10/22 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/22 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/11/22 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)