| BILL NO | S03164A |
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| SAME AS | SAME AS A06150-A
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| SPONSOR | VOLKER |
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| COSPNSR | BONACIC, JOHNSON O, MALTESE, MORAHAN, PADAVAN, ROBACH |
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| Amd SS803, 805, 806 & 851, Cor L |
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| Allows certain inmates to be granted a merit time allowance; allows inmates who are able to prove that they were subjected to substantial physical, sexual or psychological abuse, that the abuse was inflicted by a member of their same family or household or a member of the person's immediate family, and that the abuse was a substantial factor in causing them to commit the crime to be eligible to earn merit time in the amount of one-third off either their minimum sentence (if inmate has an indeterminate sentence) or their flat sentence; allows such inmates to be eligible for presumptive release; expands the criteria that a person in custody of the department of correctional services may meet in order to earn merit time. |