Courts can now require probationers or parolees to participate in treatment programs at nonprofit organizations that have received state alternative care program grants, as long as the defendant consents, the program has space, and the application is submitted before sentencing. This adds a new sentencing option alongside existing requirements like fines, community service, and substance abuse treatment.
The amendment removes specialized drug court, DUI court, veterans treatment court, and mental health court programs as specific probation conditions and consolidates them into the existing nonprofit alternative care program framework, while adding a reference to alternative care programs in driver's license revocation provisions—this NARROWS the bill by eliminating dedicated specialty courts as distinct probation options.
The amendment corrects a technical citation error (changing "23A-27-7 18" to "23A-27-18") and removes some editorial markup, converting the engrossed bill to its final enrolled form for signature—these are formatting changes only with no substantive shift to the bill's purpose of allowing courts to impose alternative care program treatment as a probation or parole condition.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 578
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 562
Signed by the President S.J. 526
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 492
Judiciary Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 37
Judiciary Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 37
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 398
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5. H.J. 423
Judiciary Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 23
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 23
Judiciary Motion to amend H.J. 23
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 149
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass Amended