Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07037 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 7037
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1010 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING PAROLE AND PROBATION TECHNICAL
1919 VIOLATIONS.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That title 54 of the general statutes be amended to make 1
2424 comprehensive changes to address how technical violations within the 2
2525 parole and probation systems lead to reincarceration, including 3
2626 incentivizing good behavior and allowing people to earn release from 4
2727 parole, requiring timely hearings, creating maximum terms of 5
2828 reincarceration for violations and eliminating incarceration as a 6
2929 sanction for certain technical violations and reducing the number of 7
3030 incarcerated people and reinvesting funds that would otherwise go 8
3131 toward the costs of such incarceration back into the community. 9
3232 Statement of Purpose:
3333 To make comprehensive changes to address how technical violations
3434 within the parole and probation systems lead to reincarceration.