Introduced
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To make a number of changes to criminal parole practices and procedures. Among these are reserving revocation of parole for more serious parole violations, requiring a prisoner to be paroled upon completion of the court-imposed minimum sentence, and for prisoners sentenced after the bill goes into effect, requiring prisoners denied parole upon completion of their minimum sentence to be paroled at least nine months before the end of their maximum sentence, to ensure a period of supervision in the community.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
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To adopt much more limited version of the bill.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To make the bill's provisions prospective only.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 91 to 18 (details)
To establish a "presumption" that prisoners convicted of non-violent and drug offenses, or who are deemed unlikely to be a "menace to society," should be released on parole after serving the minimum sentence, with many exceptions, and no release requirement.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Failed in the Senate 12 to 26 (details)
