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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5527
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT EXCLUDING PER SONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN SERIOUS
FELONIES FROM THE EA RNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT
PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 18-98e of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 4
person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a crime committed on 5
or after October 1, 1994, and committed to the custody of the 6
Commissioner of Correction on or after said date, except a person who 7
is sentenced for a violation of section 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c, 53a-8
54d, 53a-55, 53a-55a, 53a-70a, 53a-70c or 53a-100aa, or is a persistent 9
dangerous felony offender or persistent dangerous sexual offender 10
pursuant to section 53a-40, may be eligible to earn risk reduction credit 11
toward a reduction of such person's sentence, in an amount not to 12
exceed five days per month, at the discretion of the Commissioner of 13
Correction for conduct as provided in subsection (b) of this section 14
occurring on or after April 1, 2006. 15
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(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 16
person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a crime committed on 17
or after October 1, 2019, and committed to the custody of the 18
Commissioner of Correction on or after said date, except a person who 19
is sentenced for a violation of section 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c, 53a-20
54d, 53a-55, 53a-55a, 53a-59, 53a-59a, 53a-59c, 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70c, 21
53a-72b, 53a-92, 53a-92a, 53a-100aa, 53a-101, 53a-111, 53a-134 or 53a-22
196a or is a persistent dangerous felony offender or persistent 23
dangerous sexual offender pursuant to section 53a-40 or a persistent 24
operating while under the influence felony offender pursuant to 25
section 53a-40f, may be eligible to earn risk reduction credit toward a 26
reduction of such person's sentence, in an amount not to exceed five 27
days per month, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction 28
for conduct as provided in subsection (b) of this section occurring on 29
or after April 1, 2006. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 18-98e(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the public by prohibiting persons convicted of serious
felonies from participating in the earned risk reduction credit program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.; REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.; REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
H.B. 5527