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SB105Introduced in the Senate

Real Time for Violent Crime Act (Geri's Law)

IntroducedSenate Judicial Proceedings

Introduced by William Folden, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.

Where it stands

Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.

January 13, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  3. Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.

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