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SF2375 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Eligibility criteria for participation in the challenge incarceration program modification

Related bill: HF1374

AI Generated Summary

Purpose of the Bill

The bill aims to update the eligibility criteria for participation in Minnesota's challenge incarceration program, a program designed for certain offenders as an alternative to traditional incarceration.

Main Provisions

  • Exclusions for Violent Offenses: The bill specifies that individuals convicted of violent crimes such as murder, manslaughter, criminal sexual conduct, assault, kidnapping, robbery, carjacking, arson, or any offense involving death or intentional personal injury are not eligible for the program.

  • Previous Convictions: Offenders convicted of such violent offenses in the past ten years are also ineligible if they were committed to the commissioner’s custody.

  • Drug-Related Offenses: Offenders convicted under section 152.021 for certain drug offenses cannot participate.

  • Flight and Unmet Conditions: The bill excludes those who have an outstanding arrest warrant or detainer, or those who have been sanctioned with disciplinary confinement or segregation unless certain conditions are met, like elapsing of specific time periods.

  • Advanced Release Conditions: Offenders who have fewer than 180 days until their supervised release date are excluded. Similarly, those who have received suspended disciplinary sanctions need to wait until these sanctions have expired to be eligible.

  • Interstate Offenses: Offenders whose current sentence is based on a conviction from another state or the federal system are ineligible.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

The changes refine and expand the list of criteria under which offenders are deemed ineligible for the challenge incarceration program, detailing more specific offenses and conditions not covered in previous legislation.

Relevant Terms

challenge incarceration program, eligibility criteria, violent crimes, disciplinary confinement, supervised release

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
March 09, 2025SenateFloorActionIntroduction and first reading
March 09, 2025SenateFloorActionReferred toJudiciary and Public Safety
March 23, 2025SenateFloorActionAuthor added
March 23, 2025SenateFloorActionAuthor added

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Clarifies ineligibility criteria for drug-related offenses."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "No criteria removal for drug-related offenses."
      ],
      "summary": "Offenders convicted of certain drug offenses under section 152.021 are deemed ineligible for the challenge incarceration program.",
      "modified": [
        "Updates applied to other specified offenses."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "152.021"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Specifies the time period for evaluating prior escape convictions."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "No removals related to escape offenses."
      ],
      "summary": "Offenders with prior convictions for escaping custody under section 609.485 within the past five years are not eligible.",
      "modified": [
        "Provides a clearer timeframe for evaluating past offenses."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "609.485"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Applies registration requirement as an exclusion criterion."
      ],
      "removed": [
        "No exception for registration requirement exclusion."
      ],
      "summary": "Offenders required to register as predatory offenders under section 243.166 are excluded from participation.",
      "modified": [
        "Reinforces the applicability of registration status as a determinant."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "243.166"
  }
]

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