Certain violent offenders who use firearms aggravated durational departure requirement provision, certain sentences to be imposed consecutively to other sentences requirement provision, and certain offenders serving an entire announced sentence in prison requirement provision
This bill requires judges to impose longer prison sentences for violent offenders who used a firearm in their current crime and had two or more prior violent crimes involving firearms. It mandates consecutive sentencing for these offenders and requires them to serve their full prison term without early release options like parole or work release. The law applies to individuals convicted of a violent felony with two prior violent felony convictions where a firearm was used. These provisions apply to crimes committed after the bill's effective date.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 2, 2026
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Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
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Mar 2, 2026
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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