Brief(1)
S.B. 532 amends a criminal procedure law dealing with post-release supervision to provide that an offender convicted of more than one offense shall be required to serve the longest period of post-release supervision available for any crime for which there was a conviction. Current law provides that the post-release supervision time required shall be for the crime with the highest severity level.
Background
The bill was supported by the Department of Corrections which noted that a 60-month post-release period is provided for persons whose crime involved sexual violence or was sexually motivated. It is possible for an inmate under the current law who has been convicted of a sexually motivated offense as well as another higher severity level crime to be given a 36-month period of post-release supervision since this amount of time is provided for the higher severity level crimes not 60 months.
The bill has no fiscal impact.
1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext-bill.html.