Prisons and reformatories; authorizing certain attainment of earned credits. Effective date.
Senate Bill 690 amends current law regarding earned credits for inmates in state correctional institutions. The bill authorizes specific inmates to reduce their prison terms monthly based on their participation in work, education, and programs, and their conduct, through a class-level system. It also prohibits the transfer of certain earned credits. Inmates serving life sentences or convicted of crimes resulting in the death of a law enforcement or corrections officer are not eligible for these credit deductions. The bill also updates statutory language to be gender-neutral.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill version transitioned from the House to the Senate floor, resulting in significant formatting changes and substantive policy modifications. The Senate version includes a new effective date (March 4, 2025), updates the bill title to reflect Senate floor status, and modifies earned credit calculations for inmates based on their criminal history. Most notably, the credit amounts for certain inmate classes were increased from 33 and 44 credits per month to 45 and 60 credits per month respectively for those without felony convictions as adults or juveniles.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on prison earned credit systems, but the credit calculation thresholds were modified to provide higher credit amounts for specific inmate populations.
REQUIREMENT
Earned credit amounts for inmates without felony convictions were increased from 33 to 45 credits per month for Class 3 and from 44 to 60 credits per month for Class 4.
TIMELINE
Added a new effective date line showing March 4, 2025 as the Senate floor version date.
TECHNICAL
Changed bill header from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' and updated page numbering and formatting conventions.
SCOPE
Updated the bill title to reflect Senate floor status rather than House floor status.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
upper
May 5, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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