HB1960: Felony offenses; elimination of mandatory minimum sentences.

Legislative Summary

Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences. Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes. The bill also directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate the feasibility of resentencing persons previously convicted of a felony offense that was punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The bill directs the work group to provide certain recommendations and to collect data relevant to the persons who may be eligible for a resentencing hearing, including the offenses for which such persons were convicted, the sentences that such persons received, and the number of years such persons have served for the offense for which there was a mandatory minimum term of confinement. The bill requires the work group to report such findings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2023.