Generally revise criminal justice laws
SB 552 revises criminal justice laws by allowing a county attorney to file a petition to transfer the revocation of a suspended or deferred felony sentence. This applies when an offender, previously sentenced in one county, is charged with a new felony in a different county. The bill's mechanism allows both the new felony case and the revocation proceeding for the prior sentence to be handled in the county where the new felony is alleged to have occurred. It directly affects offenders with prior suspended or deferred felony sentences and the county attorneys involved in such cases.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 26, 2025
Signed May 16, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2025 · House Apr 23, 2025
How they voted
46–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 5, 2025
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (91-8-1)
house
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 5, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-2-2)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barry Usher
RRepublican
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