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State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training; earned sentence credits classification levels. Requires a prisoner in a state correctional facility, as a part of his reentry plan developed and implemented by the Department of Corrections, to complete a high school equivalency test or vocational, technical, or other certification prior to such prisoner's release. The bill also provides that the annual review of a prisoner's classification level for earned sentence credits shall include such prisoner's quantifiable or measurable progress, as available, in any programs, job assignments, and educational curricula in which he is participating, such as test scores achieved or completion of a high school equivalency test or other trade or vocational certification.
Latest development · Jul 21, 2026
Continued from last session
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Ellen H. McLaughlin
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Continued from last session
Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1162)
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103663D
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