Senate Study Bill 1138 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            JUDICIARY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON KREIMAN)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to calculating earned time for inmates required
  2    to participate in a sex offender treatment program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1804XC 83
  5 jm/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 903A.2, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 2, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    However, an inmate required to participate in a sex
  1  4 offender treatment program shall not be eligible for a
  1  5 reduction of sentence unless the inmate participates in and
  1  6 completes a sex offender treatment program established by the
  1  7 director.  This paragraph shall not apply until after the time
  1  8 has expired for filing an appeal after judgment of conviction
  1  9 or after a direct appeal is no longer pending in the case.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to calculating earned time for inmates
  1 12 required to participate in a sex offender treatment program.
  1 13 Current law prohibits an inmate from earning a reduction of
  1 14 sentence unless the inmate participates in and completes a sex
  1 15 offender treatment program.
  1 16    The bill provides that the prohibition from earning a
  1 17 reduction of sentence due to nonparticipation does not apply
  1 18 until after the time for filing an appeal has expired or a
  1 19 direct appeal is no longer pending in such a case.
  1 20 LSB 1804XC 83
  1 21 jm/rj/8