Bill

SB 25-190

Offender Release from Custody

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Judy Amabile and 26 co-sponsors

Summary — SB 25-190: Offender Release from CustodyStatus: Governor signed (2025-05-29) Introduced: 2025-03-04 (Senate) Classification: Bill (SB 25-190)Note: The full bill text wa

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Bill Summary · SB 25-190

Summary — SB 25-190: Offender Release from Custody

Status: Governor signed (2025-05-29)
Introduced: 2025-03-04 (Senate)
Classification: Bill (SB 25-190)

Note: The full bill text was not provided. This summary compiles the bill’s legislative history, sponsors, likely scope based on the title, and the practical impacts and stakeholders typically affected by legislation addressing “offender release from custody.” For exact statutory language, effective date, and implementation specifics, consult the enacted bill text or the state legislative website.

Purpose and intent (based on title and context)

By title, SB 25-190 addresses procedures, conditions, or authorities governing the release of persons held in custody (pretrial detainees, sentenced offenders, or persons in local/state correctional facilities). Such bills commonly aim to clarify release criteria, improve public safety, reduce unnecessary detention, align release processes with risk-assessment practices, or set timelines and notification requirements for release decisions.

Legislative timeline / procedural actions

2025-03-04: Introduced in Senate; assigned to Judiciary Committee
2025-03-26 to 2025-03-31: Referred, amended, and passed Senate Second Reading; Third Reading passed (no amendments)
2025-04-01 to 2025-04-22: House received bill; Judiciary Committee referred amended bill to Committee of the Whole
2025-04-29 to 2025-04-30: House passed bill (Second Reading with amendments; Third Reading passed)
2025-05-01: Senate concurred with House amendments and repassed
2025-05-13: Sent to Governor (signed by legislative leaders)
2025-05-29: Governor signed the bill (enacted)

Effective date is not specified in the materials provided — check the enrolled bill for when provisions take effect.

Likely key provisions (typical for “offender release” bills)

Because the bill text is not available here, the following are the types of measures often included under this subject. Confirm specifics in the enrolled bill.
- Definitions of categories of release (pretrial release, jail credit release, parole, supervised release).
- Criteria and procedures for release decisions (risk assessments, charge/conviction status, statutory eligibility).
- Timeframes or presumptions for release (e.g., mandatory review after X days).
- Conditions of release and supervision requirements (electronic monitoring, reporting, treatment).
- Notification and victim/witness rights (notice of release, opportunity to be heard).
- Administrative implementation (which agency or official makes release determinations; record-keeping).
- Transitional services or reentry supports tied to release.
- Protections or limitations intended to balance public safety and reducing jail populations.

Who is affected

Individuals in custody (pretrial detainees, sentenced offenders, parolees).
Corrections agencies, sheriff’s offices, jail administrators, parole boards.
Courts and prosecutors (if release authority/criteria shift).
Victims and witnesses (notification or input rights).
Community supervision and service providers (treatment, reentry services).

Next steps / where to find details

To understand the precise changes and legal effects (including any fiscal impacts or implementation timelines), review the enacted bill text (enrolled act), fiscal notes, and implementing agency guidance. If you would like, I can locate and summarize the full statutory language and effective date.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.