Bill Text: HI SB1433 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Sentences Of Imprisonment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB1433 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1433-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1433

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to Sentences of imprisonment.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 706-663, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§706-663  Sentence of imprisonment for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.  After consideration of the factors set forth in sections 706-606 and 706-621, the court may sentence a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or a petty misdemeanor to imprisonment for a definite term to be fixed by the court and not to exceed [one year] two years in the case of a misdemeanor or [thirty days] one year in the case of a petty misdemeanor."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Petty Misdemeanor; Misdemeanor; Sentence of Imprisonment; Increase

 

Description:

Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment from one year to two years for a misdemeanor and thirty days to one year for a petty misdemeanor.

 

 

 

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