New PR-S appropriation
The bill creates a new appropriation for the Department of Tourism to expend
moneys the department receives from other state agencies for the purposes for which
those moneys are received.
correctional system
Adult correctional system
Extended supervision
Under current law, when a person is sentenced to prison, the person is given a
bifurcated sentence, with the first portion of the sentence served in confinement in
prison and the second portion of the sentence served in the community on extended
supervision. DOC may not discharge a person from extended supervision until the
entire term of the bifurcated sentence is completed. Under certain circumstances,
the sentencing court may reduce the confinement portion of the bifurcated sentence,
but current law does not allow the sentencing court to reduce the period of extended
supervision. The bill allows the sentencing court to reduce the term of a person's
extended supervision if all of the following apply:
1. The person has served the lesser of three years or 50 percent of the term of
extended supervision without violating the conditions and rules of supervision.
2. The person has met all of his or her financial obligations to the victim of the
crime.
3. The person is not required to register as a sex offender and is serving a
sentence for a crime that is not a crime against life or bodily security or a specified
crime against a child.
Earned compliance credit
The bill creates an earned compliance credit for time spent on extended
supervision or parole. Under current law, a person's extended supervision or parole
may be revoked if he or she violates a condition of the extended supervision or parole.
If extended supervision or parole is revoked, the person is returned to prison for an
amount of time up to the length of the original sentence, less any time actually served
in confinement and less any credit for good behavior. Under current law, when
extended supervision or parole is revoked, the time spent on extended supervision
or parole is not credited as time served under the sentence.
Under the bill, an eligible inmate receives an earned compliance credit for time
served on extended supervision or parole. The earned compliance credit equals the
amount of time served on extended supervision or parole without violating any
conditions or rules of extended supervision or parole. Under the bill, a person is
eligible to receive the earned compliance credit only if the person is not required to
register as a sex offender and is serving a sentence for a crime that is not a specified

violent crime or a specified crime against a child. Under the bill, if a person's
extended supervision or parole is revoked, he or she may be incarcerated for up to
the length of the original sentence, less any credit for time served in confinement, any
credit for good behavior, and any earned compliance credit.
Revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision
Under current law, if a person violates a condition or rule of probation, parole,
or extended supervision, the Division of Hearings and Appeals (DHA) in DOA, or
DOC if a hearing is waived, may revoke that person's probation, parole, or extended
supervision and return the person to confinement. Under the bill, a person's
probation, parole, or extended supervision may not be revoked for a rule violation
unless one of the following conditions is met:
1. The person committed three or more independent rule violations during his
or her term of probation, parole, or extended supervision.
2. The person violated a condition prohibiting contact with a specified
individual.
3. The person is a registered sex offender.
4. When the person committed the rule violation, the person also allegedly
committed a crime.
5. The person failed to report for supervision for more than 60 consecutive days.
Sanctions for violating a condition or rule of probation, parole, or extended
supervision
Under current law, if a person admits to violating a rule or condition of
probation, parole, or extended supervision, DOC may sanction the person with
imprisonment for up to 90 days instead of revoking probation, parole, or extended
supervision. The bill changes the sanction procedure.
Under the bill, if the person does not admit to committing the rule violation,
DHA holds a hearing on the violation. If DHA determines that the person committed
the violation, DHA may sanction the person with imprisonment for up to 30 days, or
up to 90 days if the rule violation meets the grounds for revocation. Under the bill,
if the person admits to the alleged rule violation, DOC may impose the 30-day or
90-day sanction without a hearing.
Earned release
Under current law, an eligible inmate may earn early release to parole or
extended supervision by successfully completing a substance abuse program. An
inmate is eligible for earned release only if the inmate is serving time for a crime that
is not a violent crime and, for an inmate who is serving a bifurcated sentence, the
sentencing court determines that the inmate is eligible.
The bill expands the earned release program to include educational, vocational,
treatment, or other qualifying training programs that are evidence-based to reduce
recidivism. The bill also provides that DOC, not the sentencing court, determines
eligibility for all inmates.
Reports
The bill requires DOC to submit the following annual reports to the governor,
the legislature, and the director of state courts:

1. A report on early discharges from extended supervision and the reduction
in incarceration due to the earned compliance credit.
2. A report on the expanded earned release program.