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HB 3822

Relating to cybersecurity.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Ricki Ruiz

The bill ends automatic revocation for certain sex-offender EM/GPS noncompliance and instead gives the Board discretion to issue modified terms, confinement, or other responses.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3822

HB 3822 — Relating to cybersecurity (actually: amendments to parole/release revocation rules)

Note: Bill title in the header lists “Relating to cybersecurity,” but the introduced text amends Section 3‑3‑9 of the Unified Code of Corrections (parole/mandatory supervised release violations and revocation procedures). Sponsor: Rep. Justin Slaughter. Introduced 02/18/2025. Status: In committee upon adjournment (6/28/2025). Companion: SB 1722.

Purpose / intent

HB 3822 revises the rules and procedures the Prisoner Review Board uses when a parolee or person on mandatory supervised release (MSR) violates conditions of release. A central change in the introduced version is removal of a statutory requirement that certain sex‑offender parolees/releasees be automatically revoked for failing to wear an approved electronic monitoring (EM/GPS) device. The bill also reorganizes and clarifies how reconfinement terms are computed and distinguishes consequences for criminal‑statute violations versus non‑criminal violations of release conditions.

Key provisions and changes

  • Deletes the statutory mandate that the Prisoner Review Board must revoke parole or MSR for violating the condition requiring certain sex‑offender parolees/releasees to wear an approved electronic monitoring device (including GPS) for the duration of supervision. (Synoptic language in the introduced synopsis.)
  • Rewrites Section 3‑3‑9 (Violations; revocation) to:
    • Preserve Board discretion to continue the existing term with modified or enlarged conditions, re‑release to a specified MSR term (for youthful‑offender parole/MR provisions), place the person in a halfway house, or revoke and reconfine.
    • Provide specific reconfinement computation rules (e.g., recommitment for remaining portion of imposed maximum or total MSR term less time elapsed since release), grant credit for custody time since parole/release, and reference reparole/rerelease procedures.
    • Limit reconfinement for persons under certain sex‑offender supervision provisions: reconfinement for specified violation categories shall not exceed 2 years from date of reconfinement.
    • Allow the Board, in some cases, to order a prisoner to serve up to one year of the original sentence that was not previously served due to accrued sentence credit.
  • Clarifies different handling depending on whether the violation constitutes a new criminal offense in any jurisdiction (criminal statute violation) versus violations of other conditions of supervision.

Note: The bill text in the legislative record is truncated; the above summarizes the principal changes visible in the introduced draft and synopsis.

Who is affected

  • Parolees and persons on mandatory supervised release — especially those previously subject to automatic revocation for EM/GPS noncompliance (e.g., certain sex‑offense convictions).
  • Prisoner Review Board — gains clarified discretion and altered statutory constraints.
  • Department of Corrections, county jails, and supervision/monitoring vendors — operational and caseload impacts (fewer automatic recommitments for EM violations).
  • Victims, local communities, and public‑safety stakeholders — potential changes in supervision outcomes and reconfinement practices.

Potential impacts

  • Reduces automatic revocation for some EM/GPS violations and moves toward discretionary responses; could decrease immediate recommitments for device noncompliance.
  • May change jail/prison population dynamics depending on Board practice and how often reconfinement is imposed.
  • Raises policy tradeoffs between supervisory flexibility and public‑safety advocates’ concerns about enforcement of monitoring conditions.

Legislative status & timeline

  • Introduced 02/18/2025 by Rep. Justin Slaughter.
  • Referred to various committees (Rules; Judiciary – Criminal; Information Management & Technology; Public Education) in Feb–Mar 2025.
  • Read and filed on several dates; rule 19(a) re‑referral occurred.
  • Status as of 06/28/2025: In committee upon adjournment.

If you want, I can:
- Compare the exact statutory text before and after the amendment (line‑by‑line) if you provide the current Section 3‑3‑9 full text.
- Draft a short one‑page explainer for stakeholders (victims’ groups, corrections administrators, or advocacy organizations).

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

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