Date: 04/30/2013

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB13-1323

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 13-1323 to the Committee of the WPASS



03:42 PM -- House Bill 13-1323

Representatives Levy and McNulty, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 13-1323. This bill sets forth new requirements concerning the transmission between the courts and the Department of Corrections (DOC) of sentencing information contained in an order committing an offender to prison (mittimus). If an offender is required to serve two or more sentences and the court does not specify whether the sentences are to be served concurrently or consecutively, the DOC must immediately seek clarification from the court. A court is required to respond to a DOC request within 30 days. Until the court's response is received, the DOC is directed to treat the offender as if he or she is serving the sentences consecutively. In addition, when a court sentences an offender serving a sentence in another case or who is being sentenced in the instant case for more than one count, the court must also specify in the mittimus whether the sentences are to be served consecutively or concurrently.

Representative Levy responded to questions from the committee.
BILL:HB13-1323
TIME: 03:49:36 PM
MOVED:Murray
MOTION:Refer House Bill 13-1323 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Buckner
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Gardner
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
McLachlan
Yes
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Salazar
Yes
Wright
Yes
Lee
Yes
Kagan
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



03:51 PM

The committee adjourned.