TO CREATE THE EARNING SAFE REENTRY THROUGH WORK ACT; AND TO CREATE A SENTENCE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR A PERSON ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION TO EARN TIME CREDITS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
SB 537, known as the "Earning Safe Reentry Through Work Act," creates a program for individuals on probation, parole, or post-release supervision. This program allows these supervised offenders to earn sentence credits by maintaining eligible employment. These "work-for-time credits" can be forfeited if the individual commits a new criminal offense or provides fraudulent employment documents, and there is no right to appeal such a decision.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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MINOR
This bill appears to be in its initial drafting stage with minimal substantive changes. The primary modification is the removal of an approval date signature line from Act 763, indicating this is a new version of the legislation being prepared for introduction rather than a policy amendment.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date and signature line (4/17/25) from the previous Act 763 version, indicating this is a fresh draft of SB 537 without prior legislative action.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB537 is now Act 763
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
P
Matt Brown
RRepublican
Co
Clarke Tucker
DDemocratic
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