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Sponsor says Senate Bill 291 will standardize community control terms and responses to technical violations

Senate Judiciary Committee · November 19, 2025
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Vice Chair Reynolds told the committee SB291 aims to reduce variation in community control by imposing a 3-year presumptive cap for less serious felonies and misdemeanors while preserving judicial discretion and creating graduated, community-based responses to technical violations.

Vice Chair Reynolds provided sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 291, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee the measure addresses statewide inconsistencies in community control sanctions and supervised sanctions.

Reynolds said current law allows community control terms up to five years for a wide range of offenses and that judges’ discretion has produced uneven outcomes…

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