Revising Penalties for Criminal Offenses
Summary
Revising Penalties for Criminal Offenses; Provides civil citations for possession of small amounts of cannabis & cannabis paraphernalia offenses; provides 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 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
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Jan 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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