Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses
Summary
Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses; Provides for civil citations for possession of small amounts of cannabis & cannabis paraphernalia offenses; provides for community service in lieu of fines; limits number of civil citations that person may receive; provides person who contests violation waives specified civil penalty & may receive larger penalty; revises principle of Criminal Punishment Code relating to prisoner's required minimum term of imprisonment & incentive gain-time that DOC may grant.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
Feb 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Feb 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Caruso
RRepublican
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