HB 0304 |
Neutral | Clarification of Procedures for Serving Consecutive Criminal Sentences |
Hightower, Dustin 68th |
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3/22/2016 |
Senate Tabled |
JudyNC |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation clarifies that, even in the case of consecutive sentences with mandatory probation, the period of probation may not begin until the defendant has served all of his or her period of confinement. |
HB 0310 |
Support | Consolidation of all Parole, Probation and Misdemeanor Probation Supervision Into the Department of Community Supervision |
Powell, Alan 32nd |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation creates the Board of Community Supervision to oversee the newly created Department of Community Supervision (DCS) and the Governor's Office of Transition, Support, and Reentry. All offender supervision activities will transfer from the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Department of Corrections to the new DCS. This legislation also transfers the County and Municipal Probation Advisory Council, the agency tasked with registration and oversight of private misdemeanor probation providers and governmental misdemeanor probation providers to DCS. The bill also includes requirements for increased transparency and financial reporting by the misdemeanor probation providers to the counties of fine collections, which was an ACCG priority. A county commissioner or manager is included as a mandatory board member for the new department. The Board will adopt rules and regulations governing the management and treatment of probationers and parolees, and the operation of misdemeanor probation supervision. Probation and Parole Offices will combine, some counties currently provide space to these entities, and these offices collect fine revenue from probationers to be processed and sent back to local governments. Misdemeanor probation providers (county and private) will be required to submit an annual report to the county commission that contains the amount of fines and fees collected and the nature of such fees, including probation supervision fees, rehabilitation programming fees, electronic monitoring fees, drug and alcohol detection device fees, substance abuse or mental health evaluation or treatment fees, and drug testing fees; the number of community service hours performed by probationer under supervision; and, a listing of any other service for which a probationer is required to pay to attend. |
HB 0328 |
Support | Criminal Justice Reform Council Recommendations Regarding Re-entry and Indigent Defense Services and Provides Authority for Counties to Contract with Companies to Collect Expired Fines |
Efstration, Chuck 104th |
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7/1/2015 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
JUDYNC |
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| This legislation makes changes to the parole eligibility. Provides for employment assistance and public assistance eligibility for prisoners released back into the community. A committee substitute was adopted that makes changes to the Public Defender Standards Council which would remove the word "standards" from the name of the agency as well as the statute. This bill also proposes to remove the approval of the council procedures under which indigent defense services are provided, but the council remains the fiscal officers for all CPD offices. This legislation was amended to include the language from H.B. 377 which clarifies that local governments may contract with a vendor to provide collection of expired fines. As passed this legislation will have no statewide fiscal impact to counties, but for those who contract to collect expired fines, could generate revenue. |
HB 0828 |
Watch | Income Tax Credit for Employing Qualified Parolees |
Fludd, Virgil 64th |
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3/2/2016 |
Senate Read and Referred |
W&M |
FIN |
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| The current House substitute to this bill (LC 43 0339S) provides an income tax credit to employers who hire certain parolees for full time jobs. |
SB 0367 |
Neutral | Annual Omnibus Criminal Justice Reform Legislation |
Kennedy, John 18th |
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7/1/2016 |
Effective Date |
JudyNC |
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| This legislation enacts the recommendations made by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform. For a summary of the legislation, click here. |
SB 0384 |
Evaluating | Mandatory Minimum Sentence for Sale or Trafficking Heroin |
Thompson, Bruce 14th |
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2/17/2016 |
Senate Read and Referred |
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| This legislation establishes minimum, mandatory sentences for crimes involving heroin. |