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334 BILL NO. 2649 By: Steagall of the House
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738 Gollihare of the Senate
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1443 An Act relating to community sentencing; amending 22
1544 O.S. 2021, Sections 988.2, as amended by Secti on 1,
1645 Chapter 55, O.S.L. 2022, 988.3, 988.6, 988. 7 and
1746 988.18 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 988.2), which
1847 relate to the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act;
1948 changing scope of certain definition; expanding
2049 purpose of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act;
2150 clarifying duties of the community sentencing
2251 planning council; changing type of information to be
2352 collected in each jurisdiction; expanding pool of
2453 offenders that may be eligible for community
2554 punishment; clarifying funding requirement for
2655 certain disciplinary sanctions; amending 57 O.S.
2756 2021, Section 38.1, which relates to community
2857 sentencing; modifying reference to eligible
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3663 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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3864 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 988.2, as
3965 amended by Section 1, Chapter 55, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022 ,
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4267 Section 988.2 A. For purposes of the Oklahoma Community
4368 Sentencing Act:
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4596 1. "Local community sentencing system" means the use of public
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50100 2. "Community sentence" or "community punishment" means a
51101 punishment imposed by the court as a condition of a deferred or
52102 suspended sentence for an eligible offender;
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54103 3. "Continuum of sanctions" means a variety of coercive
55104 measures ranked by degrees of public safety, punitive effect, and
56105 cost benefit which are available to the sentencing judge as
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59107 4. "Community sentencing system planning c ouncil" or "planning
60108 council" means a group of citizens and elected officials sp ecified
61109 by law or appointed by the Chief Judge of the Judicial District
62110 which plans the local community sentencing system and w ith the
63111 assistance of the Community Sentencing Di vision of the Department of
64112 Corrections locates treatment providers and resource s to support the
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68115 conditions of a community sentence which is given for except ional
69116 performance or progress by t he offender;
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71117 6. "Disciplinary sanction" means a court-ordered punishment in
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73146 sentence which increases in in tensity or duration with each
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76148 7. "Division" means the Community Sentencing Division within
77149 the Department of Corrections which is the state administratio n
78150 agency for the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act, the statewide
79151 community sentencing system, and all local community sentencing
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82153 8. "Eligible offender" means an offender who has been convicted
83154 of or who has entered a plea other than not guilty to a crime and
84155 who upon completion of a risk and needs assessment has been found to
85156 be in a range other than the low range and wh o is not otherwise
86157 prohibited by law, or is a person who has had an assessment
87158 authorized by Section 3-704 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes
88159 and the assessment recommends community sentencing . Provided,
89160 however, that no person who has been convicted o f or who has entered
90161 a plea other than not guilty to an offense enumerated in paragraph 2
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92163 to the definition of "nonviolent offense", shall be eligible for a
93164 community sentence or communit y punishment unless the district
94165 attorney or an assistant district attorney for the district in which
95166 the offender's conviction was obtained consents thereto. The
96167 district attorney may consent to eligibility for an offender who has
97168 a mental illness or a d evelopmental disability or a co-occurring
98169 mental illness and substance abuse disorder and who scores in the
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99197 low range on the risk and needs assessment authorized by Section 3-
100198 704 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes or another assessment
101199 instrument if the offender is not otherwise prohibited by law. Any
102200 consent by a district attorney shall be made a part of the record of
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105202 9. "Statewide community sentencing system" means a network of
106203 all counties through their respective local community sente ncing
107204 systems serving the state judicial system and offering support
108205 services to each other through reciprocal and interlocal agreements
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111207 B. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Commu nity Sentencing Act,
112208 if a judicial district does not have a Chief Judge or if a judicial
113209 district has more than one Chief Judge, the duties of the Chief
114210 Judge provided for in the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act shall be
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118213 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 988.3, is
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121215 Section 988.3 The purposes of the Oklahoma Commun ity Sentencing
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132249 felony offenders sentenced to a community sentence with in the
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138253 6. Improve the criminal justice system within this state
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140255 governmental agreements, and interagency cooperatio n and
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146259 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 98 8.6, is
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152263 1. Plan the local community s entencing system within allocated
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157267 2. Promulgate rules for functioning of the planning council
158268 which are consistent with the provisions of this act;
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160269 3. Prepare a detailed plan within the provisions of law and
161270 rule each fiscal year with an accompanying budge t for the local
162271 community sentencing system;
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164299 4. Identify local resources by type, c ost and location which
165300 are available to serve the court for eligi ble felony offenders
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192320 local community sentencing system including a variety of free
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205357 local community sentencing system, subject to the availability of
206358 funds. Such council may contract with a county to provide benefits
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213363 sentencing system seeking state funds shall be submitted each fiscal
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215365 Corrections pursuant to the rule s promulgated for such purpose. The
216366 designated judge of the planning council sh all review the range of
217367 services proposed in the plan and declare in writing whether the
218368 proposed services meet the needs of th e court for purposes of
219369 sentencing pursuant to th e authority of the Oklahoma Community
220370 Sentencing Act. The judge shall forward t he plan to the Division
221371 for state review and appropriate funding. A plan that conforms with
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223400 shall not be modified or disapproved except when the plan requires
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225402 community sentencing system plan shal l include, but not be limited
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229405 professional services, in -kind resources, prop erty, or other sources
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256451 the local system and list of specific service providers
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263456 B. A community sentencing system shall be operational when the
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265458 receiving funding. The Division, upon receipt of a proposed local
266459 system plan for conformance with the purpose and goals of the
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272465 community sentencing system shall submit its budget to the Division
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274467 The Division shall not restrict by rule or practice the plan of a ny
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276469 services if the treatment or services comply with the purposes and
277470 goals of the Oklahoma C ommunity Sentencing Act, unl ess there is a
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282501 keeping accurate information about the jurisdiction to support the
283502 planning process. For the previous two (2) years, the informati on
284503 pertaining to the jurisdiction may include, but not be limited to:
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286504 1. The number and rate of arrests, n umber of felony
287505 convictions, admissions to probation , number of offenders senten ced
288506 to post-imprisonment supervision, number of offenders sentenced t o
289507 county jail, average length of sentence served in county jail,
290508 number of offenders sentenced to the custo dy of the Department of
291509 Corrections, and average len gth of sentence served in th e custody of
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301517 offenders participating, the average length of participation and
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311552 services available to offenders or to be made available within a
312553 twelve-month period;
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314554 6. Restrictive residential fa cilities or other restrictive
315555 housing options availa ble or to be made available within a twelve-
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324561 offender considered for any community punishment pursuant to the
325562 Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act, the judge shall, prior to
326563 sentencing, order an assessment and evaluation of the defendant as
327564 required by law. The judge may determi ne that no additional
328565 assessment is required if one was completed within the last six (6)
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332568 designed to predict risk to recidivate approve d by the Department of
333569 Corrections, shall be require d to determine eligibility for a ny
334570 offender sentenced pursuant to the Oklahoma Community Sentenci ng
335571 Act. The completed assessment accompanied by a written supervision
336572 plan shall be presented to and revie wed by the court prior to
337573 determining any punishment for the offense. The purpose o f the
338574 assessment shall be to identify the extent of the deficienc ies and
339575 pro-social needs of the defendant, the potential r isk to commit
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340603 additional offenses that threaten p ublic safety, and the
341604 appropriateness of various com munity punishments.
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344606 submit to the risk and needs assessment which shall be administered
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346608 agreement with the local community s entencing system. Any defendant
347609 lacking sufficient skills to comprehend or otherwise participate in
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350612 using the risk and n eeds assessment, the offender sh all be deemed
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352614 Community Sentencing Act, and shall be sentenc ed as prescribed by
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362622 punishment, if any, when the offender is considered eligible for
363623 community punishments based upon the completed risk/need score from
364624 the risk and needs assessment of the offender. Unless otherwise
365625 prohibited by law, only eligible offenders, as defined in Section
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366653 988.2 of this title, shall be eligible for any state -funded
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369655 F. The court is not required to sentence any offender to a
370656 community punishment regardless of an eligible sc ore on the risk and
371657 needs assessment. Any felony offender scoring in the low risk/n eed
372658 levels on the risk and needs assessment may be sentenced to a
373659 suspended sentence with minimal, if any, conditions of th e sentence
374660 to be paid by the offender. If the ri sk and needs assessment has
375661 been conducted, the eval uation report shall accompany th e judgment
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377663 offender is in need of this level of supervis ion and treatment.
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379664 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 38.1, is
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383667 sentencing system is receiving state funds, the state shall provide
384668 funding for county jail incarceration for disciplinary sanctions for
385669 eligible felony offenders pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
386670 Community Sentencing Act at a rate of Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00 )
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393-Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2023.
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411-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
412-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
413-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
414-By: _________________________________
415-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
416-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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419- ___________________________ ______
420- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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422-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
423-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
424-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
425-By: _________________________________
673+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
674+April 11, 2023 - DO PASS