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House Bill 1896 |
House Author: Hodge et al. |
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Effective: Vetoed |
Senate Sponsor: Whitmire |
The law allows certain offenders whose parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon is revoked on or after September 1, 2001, and who have less than 50 percent of their sentence left to serve to be credited with the time spent on parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon. House Bill 1896 makes this provision retroactive to revocations issued before September 1, 2001.
Reason Given for Veto: "House Bill No. 1896 would retroactively allow the crediting of time served on parole to certain felons who are returned to prison after their parole or mandatory supervision is revoked. This would effectively shorten the length of prison time an offender serves.
"Retroactively crediting parolees who have been revoked from parole with time served on the street prior to revocation is tantamount to rewarding bad behavior. Furthermore, it is dangerous public safety policy."