2025 bills / S.B. 90
S.B. 90 Mandatory Jail Sentence Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill would require a mandatory jail sentence for certain drug and theft crimes when specified conditions apply, including certain prior criminal convictions. It would also bar turning a person who receives such a sentence over to federal authorities for deportation until the full jail sentence is served, with limited exceptions.
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Official description
- requires a mandatory jail sentence for certain drug and theft crimes committed under certain conditions and with specified prior criminal convictions
- provides that a person who receives a mandatory jail sentence under certain conditions may not be turned over to the federal government for deportation until the person has served the entire mandatory jail sentence, with limited exceptions
- adds a coordination clause in order to incorporate the changes made in this bill to Section 58-37-8.1 as enacted in H.B. 87 if both this bill and H.B. 87, Drug Trafficking Amendments, both pass and become law
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 90 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 90 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 2 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 21 yes, 0 no, 8 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 64 yes, 2 no, 9 absentFinal House vote · Mar 6, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 1 no, 5 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 18, 2025 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 27, 2025 House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee▶ Watch
- 21/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- 24/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jun 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch