Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY GOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE TO PRISONERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN LITERACY, SKILLS, AND VALUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Date filed
June 8, 2005
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04447 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY GOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE TO PRISONERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN LITERACY, SKILLS, AND VALUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS |
| ABSTRACT : The bill grants any prisoner who has earned or is making satisfactory progress towards earning a post-graduate or a college degree or a certificate of completion of a vocational course or a high school diploma or an elementary grade certificate, time credit towards the service of his sentence. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : GONZALEZ, RAUL JR. T. |
| DATE FILED : 2005-06-08 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2005-07-26 |
Abstract
The bill grants any prisoner who has earned or is making satisfactory progress towards earning a post-graduate or a college degree or a certificate of completion of a vocational course or a high school diploma or an elementary grade certificate, time credit towards the service of his sentence.
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