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Currently, an employee may take leave for a period of time to vote in an election on the day of the election. The bill allows an employee to take leave to vote, register to vote, obtain a ballot or...
Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study
Committee. Under current law, the length of a mandatory parole sentence for a class 2 and 3 felony is 5 years. The bill lowers the...
During the 2017 session, the general assembly enacted a bill involving civil forfeiture requiring seizing agencies to submit reports to the department of local affairs (department). The bill requires...
The bill is known as the Bond Surety Protection Act. The bill changes what happens with bonds posted for a defendant's appearance if a defendant is determined to be illegally present in the country and...
Under current law, a defendant may petition a court to have a municipal offense or petty offense sealed if the person was not charged or convicted of another crime within 3 years after the discharge of the...
If a person is detained in a jail on a municipal hold and does not immediately receive a personal recognizance bond, the jail shall promptly notify the municipal court of the hold or, if the municipal hold...