Missouri 2022 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB2397 Compare Versions

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11 SECONDREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.2397
33 101STGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEALDRIDGE.
55 4568H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection558.041,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
88 goodtimecredit.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section558.041,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection558.041,toreadasfollows:
1212 558.041.1.Anyoffendercommittedtothedepartmentofcorrections,exceptthose
1313 2personscommittedpursuanttosubsection7ofsection558.016,orsubsection3ofsection
1414 3566.125,[may] shallreceiveadditionalcreditintermsofdaysspentinconfinement[upon
1515 4recommendationforsuchcreditbytheoffender'sinstitutionalsuperintendentwhen] ifthe
1616 5offendermeetstherequirementsforsuchcreditasprovidedinsubsections3[and],4,6,and8
1717 6ofthissection.Goodtimecreditmayberescindedbythedirectororhisorherdesignee
1818 7pursuanttothedivisionalpolicyissuedpursuanttosubsection3ofthissection.
1919 8 2.Anycreditextendedtoanoffendershallonlyapplytothesentencewhichthe
2020 9offenderiscurrentlyserving.
2121 10 3.(1)Thedirectorofthedepartmentofcorrectionsshallissueapolicyforawarding
2222 11credit.Thepolicy[may] shallrewardan[inmate] offenderwhohasservedhisorher
2323 12sentenceinanorderlyandpeaceablemannerandhastakenadvantageoftherehabilitation
2424 13programsavailabletohimorher.Anyviolationofmajorinstitutionalrules[or],thelawsof
2525 14thisstate,ortheaccumulationofminorviolationsexceedingsixwithinacalendaryear
2626 15mayresultinthelossofalloraportionofanycreditearnedbythe[inmate] offender
2727 16pursuanttothissection.
2828 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
2929 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (2)Earnedcreditslostforaviolationofinstitutionalrulesorlawsofthisstate
3030 18mayberestoredasprovidedunderthedepartment'spolicy.
3131 19 (3)Earnedcreditsfrompreviousyearsshallnotbelost.
3232 20 4.(1)Thedepartmentshallcausethepolicytobepublishedinthecodeofstate
3333 21regulations.
3434 22 (2)Subjecttotheprovisionsofsubsection6ofthissection,thedepartmentshall
3535 23adoptrulesthatspecifytheprogramsoractivitiesforwhichcreditmaybeearnedunder
3636 24thissection;thecriteriafordeterminingproductiveparticipationin,orcompletionof,
3737 25theprogramsoractivities;thecriteriaforawardingcredit,includingcriteriafor
3838 26awardingadditionalcreditforsuccessfulprogramoractivitycompletion;andthe
3939 27criteriaforwithdrawingpreviouslyearnedcreditasaresultofaviolationof
4040 28institutionalrulesorlawsofthisstate.
4141 29 5.[Noruleorportionofarulepromulgatedundertheauthorityofthischaptershall
4242 30becomeeffectiveunlessithasbeenpromulgatedpursuanttotheprovisionsofsection
4343 31536.024.](1)Nopersoncommittedtothedepartmentwhoissentencedtodeathshallbe
4444 32eligibleforgoodtimecredit.
4545 33 (2)Notwithstandinganyprovisionoflaw:
4646 34 (a)Offendersservinglifewithoutparoleundersection565.020shallbe
4747 35calculatedasfiftyyearsandcreditearnedshallbedeductedfromsuchtermunderthis
4848 36section;
4949 37 (b)OffendersservinglifewithoutparoleonorafterAugust28,1994,andunder
5050 38section565.020shallbecalculatedasthirtyyears.
5151 39 6.(1)Eachoffendershallreceiveadeductionfromhisorhersentencebybeing
5252 40awardedthefollowingspecifiedmonthlycredits:
5353 41 (a)Fortheoffender'sparticipationinanyworkprogram,creditearnedshallbe
5454 42fifteendaysforeverymonth'sworkperformedbysuchoffender;
5555 43 (b)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofhighschool,orfortheoffender
5656 44whohasobtainedhisorherdiplomaorequivalentgeneraleducationdiploma,credit
5757 45earnedshallbeninetydays;
5858 46 (c)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofanalcoholordrugabuse
5959 47treatmentprogram,creditearnedshallbeninetydays;
6060 48 (d)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofeachrestorativejusticeprogram,
6161 49creditearnedshallbeninetydays;
6262 50 (e)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofeachmentalhealthor
6363 51rehabilitationprogramnotspecifiedinthissection,creditearnedshallbeninetydays;
6464 52 (f)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofvocationaltraining,creditearned
6565 53shallbeninetydays;and
6666 HB2397 2 54 (g)Fortheoffender'ssuccessfulcompletionofothereducational
6767 55accomplishmentsorotherprogramsnotspecifiedinthissection,creditearnedshall
6868 56beninetydays.
6969 57 (2)Forpurposesofthissubsection,"creditearned"meansgoodtimecredit
7070 58awardedtoanoffenderandeachcreditshallbecalculatedtobeaperiodofoneday.
7171 59 (3)Anoffenderwhohassuccessfullycompletedanyoftheprogramsunder
7272 60subdivision(1)ofthissubsectionpriortoAugust28,2022,shallbeawardedcreditor
7373 61creditsasoutlinedunderthissubsectionanduponproperverificationofprograms
7474 62completed.
7575 63 7.Theaccumulatedcreditofeveryoffendershallbetalliedmonthlyand
7676 64maintainedbytheinstitutionwherethetermofimprisonmentisbeingserved.Arecord
7777 65ofsuchcreditaccumulatedshallbe:
7878 66 (1)Senttotherecordsofficeofthedepartmentonaquarterlybasis;
7979 67 (2)Forwardedtothedivisionofprobationandparole;and
8080 68 (3)Providedtotheoffender.
8181 69 8.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallapplyonlytooffensesoccurringafter
8282 70January1,1979.
8383 71 9.Thedepartmentofcorrectionsshallpromulgaterulestoimplementthe
8484 72provisionsofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedinsection
8585 73536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshallbecome
8686 74effectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter536and,
8787 75ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverable,andifany
8888 76ofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter536toreview,to
8989 77delaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequentlyheld
9090 78unconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedor
9191 79adoptedafterAugust28,2022,shallbeinvalidandvoid.
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