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HB 361 Enacted

Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date.

Introduced
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Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill provides that the provisions apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any state or local correctional facility on July 1, 2028. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Last action
Apr 13, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)
Session
2026
Momentum
88 · Very high