1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to corrections; authorizing commissioner of corrections to revoke earned
1.3 incentive credits granted under Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act;
1.4 modifying earned incentive release and supervision abatement status; amending
1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 244.41, subdivision 6; 244.44; 244.46,
1.6 subdivision 1.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.41, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 6.Earned compliance credit."Earned compliance credit" means a one-month
1.10reduction from the period during of active supervision of during the supervised release term
1.11for every two months that a supervised individual exhibits compliance with the conditions
1.12and goals of the individual's supervision plan, and otherwise meets the criteria established
1.13by the commissioner of corrections in policy. If an individual earns sufficient earned
1.14compliance credits, the commissioner must weigh risk to public safety, including the
1.15individual's stability, behavior, or overall adjustment while on supervision before placement
1.16on supervision abatement status. Earned compliance credit also applies to a conditional
1.17release term.
1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.44, is amended to read:
1.19 244.44 APPLYING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT.
1.20 Earned incentive release credits are included in calculating the term of imprisonment
1.21but are not added to the person's supervised release term, the total length of which remains
1.22unchanged. The maximum amount of earned incentive release credit that can be earned and
1.23subtracted from the term of imprisonment is 17 percent of the total executed sentence.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 963
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Rarick02/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy
Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended04/07/2025
Read for the Second Time 2.1Earned credit cannot reduce the term of imprisonment to less than one-half of the incarcerated
2.2person's executed sentence. Once earned, Earned incentive release credits are nonrevocable
2.3revocable if the person violates rules of the facility where the person is incarcerated or
2.4otherwise commits a criminal act while incarcerated.
2.5 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 244.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.6 Subdivision 1.Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement
2.7status.(a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit
2.8and supervision abatement status, including the circumstances under which an individual
2.9may receive earned compliance credits and transition to supervision abatement status.
2.10 (b) Except as otherwise provided in the act, once the time served on active supervision
2.11plus earned compliance credits equals the total length of the supervised release term or, if
2.12applicable, the aggregate length of the supervised release term and conditional release term,
2.13the individual is eligible for supervision abatement status. However, the commissioner must
2.14not place the individual on supervision abatement status for the remainder of the supervised
2.15or conditional release term and, if applicable, the conditional release term if the commissioner
2.16determines that doing so would present a risk to public safety, after weighing factors
2.17including the individual's stability, behavior, or overall adjustment while on supervision.
2.18For individuals with lifetime terms of conditional release, the commissioner shall not place
2.19the individual on supervision abatement status unless the time served on active supervision
2.20plus earned compliance credits equals at least ten years.
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