Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date.

Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill provides that the provisions apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any state or local…

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026

• Formerly incarcerated or family ofdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Increases eligibility for earned sentence credits to include time spent awaiting trial or pending appeal in correctional facilities, state hospitals, or juvenile detention facilities.

  “Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention.”· Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal.