Change Maximum Criminal Penalty One Year To 364 Days
Summary
Under current law, the maximum jail sentence for a class 2 misdemeanor, misdemeanors without a fixed statutory penalty, and municipal ordinance violations is one year. The bill changes the maximum jail sentence to 364 days. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 16, 2017
Last action May 3, 2017
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
legislature
Apr 28, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
legislature
Apr 18, 2017
Committee
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
legislature
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
legislature
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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