Key Votes
HB 1360 - Parole Violation Punishment Reduction - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Edward Casso voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Edward Casso made in this general time period.
Stages
- May 25, 2010 Executive Signed
- May 12, 2010 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 12, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- April 28, 2010 House Bill Passed
- March 10, 2010 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 25, 2010
Title: Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Signed by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (43-18) - May 12, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that reduces parole violation punishments.
Highlights:
-Establishes that the community parole officer is responsible for supervising offenders in the community and supporting the division of adult parole in providing assistance to parolees to secure employment, housing and other services to support their successful reintegration into the community (Sec. 1).
-Establishes that if the board determines that a parolee has violated any condition of parole that does not involve the commission of a crime, the parolee has no active felony warrant, felony detainer, or pending felony criminal charge and was on parole for an offence that was a nonviolent felony, except for stalking or any unlawful sexual behavior, the board may revoke parole for a period not to exceed 180 days (Sec. 2, Sec. 3).
-Authorizes the board to revoke parole for a period not to exceed 90 days rather than the previous number of 180 days if the inmate is assessed as below high risk based upon a research-based risk assessment instrument when the parolee has violated any condition of parole other than commission of a new crime (Sec. 4).
-Authorizes the board to place a parolee in appropriate treatment programs based on an assessment by the Department of Human Services (Sec. 4).
-Requires the General Assembly to appropriate a portion of the savings generated from this bill to be used for re-entry support services for parolees related to obtaining employment, housing, transportation, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, mental health medication, or offender specific service (Sec. 5).
-Reduces the annual general appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, for payments to house state prisoners by $4.74 million (Sec. 8).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (24-11) - May 12, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that reduces parole violation punishments.
Highlights:
-Establishes that the community parole officer is responsible for supervising offenders in the community and supporting the division of adult parole in providing assistance to parolees to secure employment, housing and other services to support their successful reintegration into the community (Sec. 1).
-Establishes that if the board determines that a parolee has violated any condition of parole that does not involve the commission of a crime, the parolee has no active felony warrant, felony detainer, or pending felony criminal charge and was on parole for an offence that was a nonviolent felony, except for stalking or any unlawful sexual behavior, the board may revoke parole for a period not to exceed 180 days (Sec. 2, Sec. 3).
-Authorizes the board to revoke parole for a period not to exceed 90 days rather than the previous number of 180 days if the inmate is assessed as below high risk based upon a research-based risk assessment instrument when the parolee has violated any condition of parole other than commission of a new crime (Sec. 4).
-Authorizes the board to place a parolee in appropriate treatment programs based on an assessment by the Department of Human Services (Sec. 4).
-Requires the General Assembly to appropriate a portion of the savings generated from this bill to be used for re-entry support services for parolees related to obtaining employment, housing, transportation, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, mental health medication, or offender specific service (Sec. 5).
-Reduces the annual general appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, for payments to house state prisoners by $4.74 million (Sec. 8).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (54-9) - April 28, 2010
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 10, 2010
Title: Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Sponsors
- Dennis Apuan (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Morgan L. Carroll (CO - D)
- Edward Casso (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois Court (CO - D)
- Mark Ferrandino (CO - D)
- Randy Fischer (CO - D)
- Joyce Foster (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Evie Hudak (CO - D)
- Daniel Kagan (CO - D)
- John M. Kefalas (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Claire Levy (CO - D)
- Marsha A. Looper (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elizabeth H. 'Beth' McCann (CO - D)
- Liane 'Buffie' McFadyen (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Merrifield (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Miklosi (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John P. Morse (CO - D)
- Linda M. Newell (CO - D)
- Salvatore 'Sal' Pace (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chris Romer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Su Ryden (CO - D)
- Patrick 'Pat' Steadman (CO - D)
- Abel J. Tapia (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Edward 'Ed' Vigil (CO - D)
- Paul Martin Weissmann (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Bob L. Bacon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Terrance D. Carroll (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- K. Jerry Frangas (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (CO - D)
- Jeanne Labuda (CO - D)
- Michael 'Mike' May (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John V. 'Jack' Pommer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dianne I. Primavera (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Schafer (CO - D)
- Judith Anne 'Judy' Solano (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kenneth Guy 'Ken' Summers (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy Janann Todd (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Suzanne S. Williams (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
