DEFINITION OF "RECIDIVISM"                                                                S.B. 974 & 975:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bills 974 and 975 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Senator Tonya Schuitmaker (S.B. 974)

               Senator Peter MacGregor (S.B. 975)

Committee:  Michigan Competitiveness

CONTENT

Senate Bill 974 would amend the Community Corrections Act, and Senate Bill 975 would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, to define "recidivism" as the rearrest, reconviction, and reincarceration in prison or jail of an individual within three and five years of his or her release from incarceration, placement on probation, or conviction, whichever is later, and probation and parole violations as well as misdemeanor and felony convictions, if recidivism data regarding technical probation and parole violations are collected and maintained separately from data on new felony or misdemeanor convictions.

MCL 791.402 (S.B. 974)                                               Legislative Analyst:  Suzanne Lowe

       761.1 (S.B. 975)

FISCAL IMPACT

The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  6-1-16                                                      Fiscal Analyst:  Ryan Bergan

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.