Judiciary committee backs modest earned‑time increases and a DOC working group to study capacity
After negotiations with DOC and stakeholders, the committee approved SB159 as amended — modest tweaks to earned‑time caps for lower‑level offenses, exclusions for serious crimes, and creation of a cross‑stakeholder working group to study programming, bottlenecks and parole backlogs. The bill passed out of committee 4–3.
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Senate Bill 159, as amended, won committee approval April 13 after lawmakers, corrections officials and advocacy groups negotiated a package of modest changes to Colorado’s earned‑time rules and a commitment to a cross‑stakeholder working group.
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