HB2157

THE CONTEXT: The criminal code includes several

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would proscribes a court from using the deportation of a defendant as the sole reason for terminating the defendant's period of probation or intensive probation early.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to make the government process for probation more definite and accountable. It would proscribes a court from using the deportation of a defendant as the sole reason for terminating the defendant's period of probation or intensive probation early, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.