This bill amends K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615 to establish new guidelines for calculating credit for time spent incarcerated for defendants in criminal cases. Specifically, it mandates that for any sentence computed on or after October 20, 2023, certain periods of incarceration will not be counted towards the defendant's sentence. These exclusions include any time for which the defendant has already received credit in another case when consecutive sentences are imposed, as well as any time spent incarcerated in another jurisdiction if no hold has been issued for the case being sentenced.

Additionally, the bill clarifies that when a defendant's probation or community corrections assignment is revoked and they are sentenced to confinement, the sentence will be computed from a date designated in the sentencing order, which will account for time spent in a residential facility while on probation. The bill also states that the credit for time served will not affect the minimum or maximum terms of confinement for the offense. The existing section of K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615 is repealed, and the act will take effect upon publication in the Kansas register.

Statutes affected:
As introduced: 21-6615