| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.252 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380623 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.252 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Pritchard of Pawlet, Bosch of Clarendon, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Boutin of Barre City, Branagan of Georgia, Burditt of West 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Rutland, Burtt of Cabot, Canfield of Fair Haven, Casey of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Hubbardton, Charlton of Chester, Coffin of Cavendish, Demar 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Enosburgh, Dolgin of St. Johnsbury, Galfetti of Barre Town, 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Goslant of Northfield, Greer of Bennington, Gregoire of 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Fairfield, Harrison of Chittenden, Harvey of Castleton, Higley 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | of Lowell, Howland of Rutland Town, Kascenska of Burke, 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Keyser of Rutland City, Labor of Morgan, Laroche of Franklin, 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Lipsky of Stowe, Luneau of St. Albans City, Maguire of 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Rutland City, Malay of Pittsford, McFaun of Barre Town, 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Morgan, L. of Milton, Morgan, M. of Milton, Morris of 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Springfield, Morrissey of Bennington, Morrow of Weston, 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Nielsen of Brandon, North of Ferrisburgh, Oliver of Sheldon, 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Page of Newport City, Parsons of Newbury, Pinsonault of 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Dorset, Powers of Waterford, Southworth of Walden, Sweeney 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of Shelburne, Tagliavia of Corinth, Walker of Swanton, Wells 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Brownington, and Winter of Ludlow 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Referred to Committee on 20 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Date: 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.252 |
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| 30 | 30 | | VT LEG #380623 v.1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Subject: Corrections; earned time 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to prohibit a 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | person convicted of a second or subsequent felony from receiving earned time 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to reduce the person’s sentence. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | An act relating to prohibiting earned time for second or subsequent felony 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | convictions 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 1. 28 V.S.A. § 818 is amended to read: 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | § 818. EARNED TIME; REDUCTION OF TERM 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) On or before September 1, 2020, the Department of Corrections shall 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | file a proposed rule pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 implementing an earned 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | time program to become effective on January 1, 2021. The Commissioner 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section as an emergency 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | rule and concurrently propose them as a permanent rule. The emergency rule 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall be deemed to meet the standard for the adoption of emergency rules 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 844(a). 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) The earned time program implemented pursuant to this section shall 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | comply with the following standards: 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) The program shall be available for all sentenced offenders, including 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | furloughed offenders, provided that the program shall not be available to 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.252 |
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| 54 | 54 | | VT LEG #380623 v.1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | offenders on probation or parole, to offenders eligible for a reduction of term 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | pursuant to section 811 of this title, to offenders sentenced to serve an 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | interrupted sentence, to offenders sentenced for a felony after having been 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | previously convicted of a felony, or to offenders sentenced to life without 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | parole. Offenders currently serving a sentence shall be eligible to begin 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | earning a reduction in term when the earned time program becomes effective. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Notwithstanding this subdivision (1), when an offender has been convicted of a 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | disqualifying offense, the offender’s ability to participate and earn time in the 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | program shall be determined pursuant to subdivision (5) of this subsection. 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | * * * 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | This act shall take effect on passage. 12 |
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