s_sa_2017a_2017-05-04t10:40:16z3 Hearing Summary

Date: 05/04/2017

Location: SCR 352

11:21 AM -- HB17-1308



Senator Cooke, co-prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1308 to the committee. This bill removes the mandatory imposition of certain parole conditions. Under the bill:



• the State Parole Board (Board) is no longer required to fix the manner and time of payment of restitution as a condition of every parole and instead, parolees will follow the conditions imposed by the court;

• a parolee is required to notify his or her community parole officer prior to a change of residence rather than obtaining his or her knowledge and consent prior to moving;

• the requirement that every parolee submit to urinalysis or other drug tests is removed;

• the requirement that every parolee obtain the permission of his or her community parole officer prior to having contact with another inmate, parolee, probationer, or person with a prior criminal history is removed; and

• the Board is no longer required to direct every parolee, at his or her own expense, to submit to random chemical testing to determine the presence of drugs or alcohol.