2025 bills / H.B. 136
H.B. 136 Alternative Incarceration Program Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill lets a county sheriff run a work program where jail inmates do supervised public works projects in place of serving jail time. It also updates who qualifies for alternative incarceration and sheriff's work programs, bars people with certain convictions from the work program, and clarifies how good-behavior credit applies to jail sentences.
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Official description
- clarifies terms
- provides that a county sheriff may implement a sheriff's work program in which inmates participate in supervised public works projects instead of serving time in jail
- amends and establishes eligibility requirements for alternative incarceration programs and sheriff's work programs
- provides that certain convictions are not eligible for participation in a sheriff's work program
- clarifies provisions related to credit for good behavior against a jail sentence
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 8 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 64 yes, 0 no, 11 absentFinal House vote · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how