Conference committee approves reducing most misdemeanor maximum term to 364 days
Conference conferees approved a conference draft of HB1548 that reduces the statutory maximum jail term for many misdemeanors from one year to 364 days, and allows people previously sentenced to apply for reconsideration to conform to the new maximum.
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Representative Tarnas, the House co-chair, read the conference draft for HB1548 and summarized its key change: "It limits the maximum term of imprisonment for misdemeanors that are not crimes of violence or for offenses that are not crimes of violence punishable by up to or not exceeding 1 year to 364 days." The draft also allows people previously sentenced to one year terms to apply to the trial court for reconsideration of their sentence to conform to the revised maximum penalty.
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