LOW LEVEL DRUG OFFENDERS
Summary
Urges the Governor and the Department of Corrections to discourage prosecutors from recommending and judges from sentencing low level drug offenders to the county jail or the Department of Corrections. Also, urges the Governor and the Director of Corrections to do everything in their power to have low level drug offenders currently serving sentences in Department of Corrections facilities released to home confinement.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2014
Committee Review
May 2014
House Passage
May 2014
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 6, 2014
Last action May 29, 2014
Floor votes · House May 29, 2014
How they voted
41–61
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 106
May 29, 2014
D
Democratic64
64% Yea
R
Republican42
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 29, 2014
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (41-61-4)
house
May 27, 2014
Lower · Passed
Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary; 009-006-000
lower
May 19, 2014
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
lower
May 7, 2014
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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