Montana State Legislature
Meeting Information
Meeting Details:
November 15, 2022
8:00 a.m.
State Capitol 137 and Zoom
Upcoming Meeting Dates:
March 6, 2023
June 6, 2023
Meeting Materials
March 6
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- Updated Agenda
- Presentation: Community Supervision, Revocation, and Reentry
- Update: Council Legislation
- Presentation: Enhanced/Transitional Supervision Services (ETSS)
November 15
- Agenda
- HJ 29 - Study of Victim Services and Funding in Montana
- Victims Services and Funding Nationwide
- Drones and Prison Security
- Council Legislation
- CJOC 1.2 (same as the August 30 meeting)
- CJOC 5.3
- CJOC 6.2
- Draft Legislation Decision Points
- Misdemeanor Thefts in Montana
August 30
- Updated Agenda (added August 23, 2022)
- Best Correctional Practices:
- Draft Legislation:
June 28
- Updated agenda
- Victim Experiences and Services in Montana:
- Habitual Offender Statutes in the United States
- Draft legislation:
- CJOC 1 : Revising sentencing laws for theft and thematically-related crimes
- CJOC 2 : Addressing matters regarding recovery residences, also known as sober living homes
- CJOC 3 : Creating a separate definition for persistent felony offender under supervision
- CJOC 4 : Revising sentencing laws for disorderly conduct
- CJOC 5 : Making theft of a motor vehicle assessed at any value a felony
- Draft Legislation Decision Points
- Key Considerations for Family Recovery Residences , from the National Association of Recovery Residences Standards Review Board
- Parole and Reentry
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May 11
- Agenda (Updated May 10, 2022)
- Panel: Sober Living Home Operators
- A Clean and Sober Place to Live: Philosophy, Structure, and Purported Therapeutic Factors in Sober Living Houses
- Motivation to maintain sobriety among residents of sober living recovery homes
- Eighteen Month Outcomes for Clients Receiving Combined Outpatient Treatment and Sober Living Houses
- National Sober Living Association Application
- National Sober Living Association Code of Ethics
- National Sober Living Association Membership Benefits
- Council Legislation: Persistent Felony Offender Definition
March 23
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Agenda (Updated March 16, 2022)
- Panel: Sober Living Homes
- Discussion slides - Karen Tracy
- Presentation: Tennessee Stopping Addiction and Fostering Excellence (SAFE) Act
- Presentation: Criminal Justice Data in Montana
- Discussion slides - Kevin Gilbertson and Adam Carpenter
January 18, 2022
Meeting Materials
- Agenda (Updated January 11)
- Presentation: Montana Drug Courts
- Presentation: Supreme Court Pre-Trial Diversion Pilot Project
- Panel: 2017 Criminal Justice Bill Package
- Presentation: Department of Corrections 3.5 Update
- CJOC Work Plan
October 27, 2021
- Agenda (updated October 26, 2021)
- Presentation: Pretrial Diversion Programs in the United States
- Pretrial Diversion
- Prosecutor-Led Diversion: Slides and Handout
- Panel: Offender Housing in Montana
- Presentation: Community Corrections in Montana
September 29, 2021
- Agenda (updated 9/28)
- List of 2021-2022 CJOC members
- Draft Operating Procedures for the Council
- Department of Corrections Update
- 2019-2020 Criminal Justice Oversight Council Report, Sept. 2020
- HJ 34: Interim study of pretrial diversion and presentence diversion agreements
- HB 73: Generally revising laws related to the Criminal Justice Oversight Council
- SB 47: Revising laws related to commitments from the Department of Corrections
Background Materials
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Justice Reinvestment in Montana -- Report to the Commission on Sentencing, January 2017 -- CSJ Justice Center