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29-BILL NO. 2477 By: Hill of the House
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33+1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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35+COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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5157 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52-SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 512, is
53-amended to read as follows:
54-Section 512. Any inmate in a state penal in stitution who has
55-been granted a parole sha ll be released from the institution upon
56-the following conditions:
57-1. That he the inmate comply with specified requirements of the
58-Division of Community Services of the Department of Corrections
59-under the active supervision of a Probation and Parole Offic er.
60-Such active supervision shall be for a p eriod not to exceed three
61-(3) years, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this section. When
58+SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 273, O.S.L.
59+2022 (57 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 512.1), is amended to read a s
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61+Section 512.1 A. Every offender released to parole supervi sion
62+or administrative parole may be eligible to earn credits for
63+compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervis ion or
64+administrative parole that reduce the term of supervision or
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88-an inmate completes his or her term of active supervisi on, the
89-Department may terminate the supervision of the inmate or may place
90-the inmate on inactive supervis ion; or
91-2. That he the inmate be actively supervised by a Probation and
92-Parole Officer for an extended period not to exceed the expiration
93-of the maximum term or terms fo r which he the inmate was sentenced
94-if convicted of a sex offense or up on the determination by the
95-Division of Community Services that the best interests of the public
96-and the parolee will be served by such an extended period of
97-supervision.
98-Provided, for the purposes of this section, the term " sex
99-offense" shall not include a violation of paragraph 1 of subse ction
100-A of Section 1021 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
101-The Probation and Parole Officer, upon information sufficient to
102-give him or her reasonable grounds to believe that the parolee has
103-violated the terms of and conditio ns of his or her parole, shall
104-notify the Deputy Director of the Division of Community Services in
105-accordance with Section 516 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes
106-this title.
107-SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
92+administrative parole. For every calendar month of compliance with
93+the terms and conditions of parole supervis ion or administrative
94+parole, the Department of Corr ections may shall award the offender
95+earned credits equal to thirty (30) calendar da ys to be applied
96+toward a reduction of the parole supervision or administrative
97+parole period. For the purposes of this section, "compliance" may
98+be defined as the absence of a violation repor t submitted by a
99+probation and parole officer during a calendar month. No person
100+convicted of an offense under Section 13.1 or subsection C, D, E, F,
101+G, or J of Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be
102+eligible for earned credits pursuant to this section.
103+B. The Department of Corrections may develop written policies
104+and procedures necessar y for the implementation of earned credits as
105+authorized pursuant to this section. The policies and procedures
106+developed by the Depa rtment of Corrections may include, but are not
107+limited to, written guidelines rega rding the process to earn credits
108+and the application of the credits towa rd the reduction of the term
109+of supervision or administrative parole, the collection of data
110+related to who earns credit, how much is applied and how much of the
111+supervision or administrative parole period is reduced.
112+C. The Department may shall maintain a record of credits earned
113+by an offender under this section. At least every six (6) months
114+from the date the offender is placed on parole supervision or
115+administrative parole, the Department may notify the offender o f the
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134-Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2023.
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145+D. The Department may notify the Pardon and Parole Board of the
146+impending parole supervision or administrative parole termination
147+date not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expected date.
148+However, nothing in this section may prohibit the Department from
149+requesting an earlier parole supervision or administrative parole
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151+E. A person on parole who complete s the following diplomas,
152+higher education degrees, or training shall receive the
153+corresponding lump sum of earned credits :
154+1. Ninety (90) days for high school diploma or high school
155+equivalency diploma;
156+2. One hundred twenty (120) days for any college-level degree;
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158+3. Sixty (60) days for a vocational, technical, or career
159+training certification or degree.
160+SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new s ection of law to be codified
161+in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 512.2 of Title 57, unless there
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163+A. Every offender sentenced to a suspended sentence and whose
164+probation is supervised by the Department of Corrections, a district
165+attorney, or a private supervision provider, shall be eligible to
166+earn credits for compliance with the terms and conditions of
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195+month of compliance with the terms and conditions of probation, the
196+Department of Correctio ns, district attorney, or private superv ision
197+provider shall award the offender earned credits equal to thirty
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199+probation. For the purposes of this section, "compliance" shall be
200+defined as the absence of a violation report submitted by a
201+probation officer during a calendar month. No person convicted of
202+an offense under Section 13.1 or subsection C, D, E, F, G, or J of
203+Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be eligible
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205+B. The Department of Corrections shall develop written policies
206+and procedures necessary for the implementation of earned credits as
207+authorized pursuant to this section. The policies and procedures
208+developed by the Department shall be the policies and procedures
209+that all entities that provide probation supervision service s adhere
210+to. The policies and procedures developed by the Department may
211+include, but are not limited to, written guidelines regarding the
212+process to earn credits and application of the credits toward the
213+reduction of the term of probation, the collection of data related
214+to who earns credits, how much is applied to the term of probation,
215+and how much the term of probation is reduced.
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243+C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
244+modification of the se ntence of an offender pursuant to the
245+provisions of Section 982a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
246+SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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248+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITT EE ON RULES, dated 03/02/2023 - DO PASS,
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