Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that repeals mandatory minimum prison terms for certain offenses, among other provisions.

Highlights:

• Repeals the provision requiring a person convicted of a third or subsequent shoplifting offense to serve a minimum of 90 days (Sec. 3).

• Repeals the provision requiring every sentence of imprisonment for computer criminal activity of the second degree to include a minimum term of one-third to one-half of the sentence imposed, during which term the defendant is not eligible for parole (Sec. 4).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who maintains or operates any premises for the manufacturing of certain illicit drugs, or any person who aids, promotes, finances, or participates in the operations of such premises, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, which includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, during which time the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 5).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person that manufactures, distributes, or dispenses heroin, cocaine, meth, or lysergic acid diethylamide, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, during which time the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who employs a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, or 5 years, whichever is greater, during which the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 7).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who distributes on or within 1,000 feet of school property, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, or 3 years, whichever is greater, during which the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 8).

• Reduces the percentage of a minimum sentence imposition that a court imposes for a sentence of incarceration for a crime of second-degree robbery or second-degree burglary, from 85 percent to 50 percent, during which the defendant will not be eligible for parole (Sec. 13).

• Requires this act to take effect immediately after enactment (Sec. 14).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that repeals mandatory minimum prison terms for certain offenses, among other provisions.

Highlights:

• Repeals the provision requiring a person convicted of a third or subsequent shoplifting offense to serve a minimum of 90 days (Sec. 3).

• Repeals the provision requiring every sentence of imprisonment for computer criminal activity of the second degree to include a minimum term of one-third to one-half of the sentence imposed, during which term the defendant is not eligible for parole (Sec. 4).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who maintains or operates any premises for the manufacturing of certain illicit drugs, or any person who aids, promotes, finances, or participates in the operations of such premises, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, which includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, during which time the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 5).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person that manufactures, distributes, or dispenses heroin, cocaine, meth, or lysergic acid diethylamide, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, during which time the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 6).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who employs a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, or 5 years, whichever is greater, during which the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 7).

• Repeals the provision requiring a person who distributes on or within 1,000 feet of school property, to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment that includes the imposition of a minimum term which will be fixed at, or between, one-third and one-half of the sentence imposed, or 3 years, whichever is greater, during which the defendant will be ineligible for parole (Sec. 8).

• Reduces the percentage of a minimum sentence imposition that a court imposes for a sentence of incarceration for a crime of second-degree robbery or second-degree burglary, from 85 percent to 50 percent, during which the defendant will not be eligible for parole (Sec. 13).

• Requires this act to take effect immediately after enactment (Sec. 14).

Full Bill Text