COUNTY JAIL GOOD BEHAVIOR
Summary
Amends the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act. Adds definition of "committed person" to the Act. Provides that "committed person" means a person confined in a county jail whether serving a term of imprisonment or confined pending trial or sentencing. Provides that "good behavior" means the compliance by a person with all rules and regulations of the institution and all laws of the State while confined in a county jail whether serving a sentence of imprisonment or confined in the county jail pending trial or sentencing. Provides that no committed person may be penalized more than 30 days of good behavior allowance for any one infraction unless the infraction is the second or subsequent infraction within any 30-day period in which case the committed person may not be penalized more than 60 days of good behavior allowance.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2015
Committee Review
May 2015
House Passage
May 2015
Senate Passage
May 2015
Signed into Law
Aug 2015
Introduced Apr 22, 2015
Signed Aug 4, 2015
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2015 · House Apr 21, 2015
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 47
May 20, 2015
D
Democratic29
86% Yea
R
Republican18
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 4, 2015
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 20, 2015
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 13, 2015
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000
upper
Apr 29, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Criminal Law
upper
Apr 28, 2015
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 21, 2015
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-0-5)
house
Mar 24, 2015
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 015-000-000
lower
Mar 12, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
Feb 27, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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