SB 838 - Under current law, a person sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole who was under the age of 18 before August 28, 2016, may submit to the parole board a petition for review after serving 25 years of his or her sentence. Any person found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole who was under the age of 18 after August 28, 2016, may submit to the parole board a petition for review after serving 25 years of his or her sentence. This act repeals those provisions and provides that any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life with or without eligibility for parole, a term of imprisonment amounting to 15 years or more, or multiple terms of imprisonment that, taken together, amount to 15 or more years, who was under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the offense may submit to the parole board a petition for review of his or her sentence, after serving 15 years of incarceration and shall be eligible for reconsideration hearings every 3 years until a presumptive release date has been established by the parole board.
This act is identical to SB 552 (2021) and HB 636 (2021).
MARY GRACE PRINGLE