AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE MODIFICATION ELIGIBILITY.

HB 5441 establishes a court-led "second look" process to review sentences for specific incarcerated individuals. It targets elderly people, those with developmental disabilities, and rehabilitated individuals who could be safely released. The bill would allow courts to consider early release based on bias, extreme sentencing, or mitigating circumstances, shifting responsibility from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to the judiciary. This creates a formal mechanism for sentence modification without altering existing sentencing laws.