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11 1.1 A bill for an act​
22 1.2 relating to corrections; authorizing commissioner of corrections to revoke earned​
33 1.3 incentive credits granted under Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act;​
4-1.4 modifying earned incentive release and supervision abatement status; amending​
5-1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.41, subdivision 6; 244.44; 244.46,​
6-1.6 subdivision 1.​
7-1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
8-1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.41, subdivision 6, is amended to read:​
9-1.9 Subd. 6.Earned compliance credit."Earned compliance credit" means a one-month​
10-1.10reduction from the period during of active supervision of during the supervised release term​
11-1.11for every two months that a supervised individual exhibits compliance with the conditions​
12-1.12and goals of the individual's supervision plan, and otherwise meets the criteria established​
13-1.13by the commissioner of corrections in policy. If an individual earns sufficient earned​
14-1.14compliance credits, the commissioner must weigh risk to public safety, including the​
15-1.15individual's stability, behavior, or overall adjustment while on supervision before placement​
16-1.16on supervision abatement status. Earned compliance credit also applies to a conditional​
17-1.17release term.​
18-1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.44, is amended to read:​
19-1.19 244.44 APPLYING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.​
20-1.20 Earned incentive release credits are included in calculating the term of imprisonment​
21-1.21but are not added to the person's supervised release term, the total length of which remains​
22-1.22unchanged. The maximum amount of earned incentive release credit that can be earned and​
23-1.23subtracted from the term of imprisonment is 17 percent of the total executed sentence.​
24-1​Sec. 2.​
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4+1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.44.​
5+1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
6+1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.44, is amended to read:​
7+1.7 244.44 APPLYING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.​
8+1.8 Earned incentive release credits are included in calculating the term of imprisonment​
9+1.9but are not added to the person's supervised release term, the total length of which remains​
10+1.10unchanged. The maximum amount of earned incentive release credit that can be earned and​
11+1.11subtracted from the term of imprisonment is 17 percent of the total executed sentence.​
12+1.12Earned credit cannot reduce the term of imprisonment to less than one-half of the incarcerated​
13+1.13person's executed sentence. Once earned, Earned incentive release credits are nonrevocable​
14+1.14revocable if the person violates rules of the facility where the person is incarcerated or​
15+1.15otherwise commits a criminal act while incarcerated.​
16+1​Section 1.​
17+REVISOR KLL/LJ 25-03317​02/06/25 ​
18+State of Minnesota​
2919 This Document can be made available​
3020 in alternative formats upon request​
3121 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
3222 H. F. No. 963​
3323 NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
3424 Authored by Rarick​02/17/2025​
3525 The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy​
36-Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended​04/07/2025​
37-Read for the Second Time​ 2.1Earned credit cannot reduce the term of imprisonment to less than one-half of the incarcerated​
38-2.2person's executed sentence. Once earned, Earned incentive release credits are nonrevocable​
39-2.3revocable if the person violates rules of the facility where the person is incarcerated or​
40-2.4otherwise commits a criminal act while incarcerated.​
41-2.5 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
42-2.6 Subdivision 1.Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement​
43-2.7status.(a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit​
44-2.8and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual​
45-2.9may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status.​
46-2.10 (b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision​
47-2.11plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if​
48-2.12applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term,​
49-2.13the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must​
50-2.14not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised​
51-2.15or conditional release term and, if applicable, the conditional release term if the commissioner​
52-2.16determines that doing so would present a risk to public safety, after weighing factors​
53-2.17including the individual's stability, behavior, or overall adjustment while on supervision.​
54-2.18For individuals with lifetime terms of conditional release, the commissioner shall not place​
55-2.19the individual on supervision abatement status unless the time served on active supervision​
56-2.20plus earned compliance credits equals at least ten years.​
57-2​Sec. 3.​
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