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Committee advances bill allowing judicially ordered cognitive‑behavioral training for certain misdemeanor offenders
Summary
Senate Bill 300, as amended, would make cognitive‑behavioral training a possible condition of probation for people convicted of certain Class A misdemeanors; the committee recommended passage after debate about local costs and discretionary judicial application.
The Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee recommended Senate Bill 300 for passage to the calendar after considering a judiciary amendment that makes judicial referral to cognitive‑behavioral training discretionary.
What the bill does: Under the bill as amended, judges could order a person convicted of a Class A misdemeanor to complete a cognitive‑behavioral training program as a condition of probation unless the judge determines the program is not…
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