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2024 SESSION
HB 754 Service Member Sentencing Act; created.
Introduced by: Wendell S. Walker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Service Member Sentencing Act. Creates the Service Member Sentencing Act to provide service members, defined in the bill, a service member sentencing option, defined in the bill, if such service member satisfies the eligibility criteria. The bill explains the process and procedures associated with a service member sentencing option. The bill also provides sentencing mitigation for service members that are not eligible for the service member sentencing option, including criteria for a judge to consider prior to sentencing a service member for a criminal offense. The bill requires the Department of Veterans Services to assist in facilitating the provision of the Act.
The bill also requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to create a form to track and report the number of service members receiving, successfully completing, failing, declining, and denied a service member sentencing option and sentencing mitigation; such information shall be categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, age, military discharge characterization, and offense type.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101374D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Courts of Justice