HB 698 -- CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

SPONSOR: Schroer

This bill repeals certain authority to modify conditional release periods currently held by the Board of Probation and Parole and stipulates that time spent in prison, jail, or custody after conviction and before sentencing may be awarded as credit toward a sentence of imprisonment by a circuit court at the time that it pronounces sentence. This part of the bill applies to offenses occurring on or after August 28, 2021.

The bill also specifies that the offense of resisting arrest, detention, or stop by operating a motor vehicle and causing a pursuit by a law enforcement officer who is also operating a motor vehicle is a class E felony.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (1668H.01): 558.011, 558.031, 575.150