HB 1215: Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses

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Summary

Provides for civil citations for possession of small amounts of cannabis & cannabis paraphernalia offenses; provides for community service in lieu of fines; limits number of civil citations that person may receive; provides person who contests violation waives specified civil penalty & may receive larger penalty; revises principle of Criminal Punishment Code relating to prisoner's required minimum term of imprisonment & incentive gain-time that DOC may grant.

Bill details

Sponsor
Michael A. "Mike" Caruso
Current status
Died in Committee
Introduced
March 2, 2021

Status history

  1. Died in Committee — March 2, 2021
    Migrated from existing bill record
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