HB 297: Criminal Rehabilitation

GENERAL BILL by Hart-Lowman

Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 72 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; provides for amounts to be awarded; revises limits on awards.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/3/2025 02:35 PM

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 907 by Long, Hart-Lowman Incentive Gain-time Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Compare

• Citations - Statute (30)

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  316.027	Crash involving death or personal injuries.	Page 11 (pdf)
  316.1935	Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer; aggravated fleeing or eluding.	Page 12 (pdf)
  381.004	HIV testing.	Page 12 (pdf)
  775.084	Violent career criminals; habitual felony offenders and habitual violent felony offenders; three-time violent felony offenders; definitions; procedure; enhanced penalties or mandatory minimum prison terms.	Page 20 (pdf)
  775.0845	Wearing mask while committing offense; reclassification.	Page 20 (pdf)
  775.0847	Possession or promotion of certain images of child pornography; reclassification.	Page 21 (pdf)
  775.0861	Offenses against persons on the grounds of religious institutions; reclassification.	Page 25 (pdf)
  775.0862	Sexual offenses against students by authority figures; reclassification.	Page 26 (pdf)
  775.087	Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence.	Page 26 (pdf)
  775.0875	Unlawful taking, possession, or use of law enforcement officer’s firearm; crime reclassification; penalties.	Page 28 (pdf)
  777.03	Accessory after the fact.	Page 29 (pdf)
  777.04	Attempts, solicitation, and conspiracy.	Page 30 (pdf)
  784.07	Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and other specified personnel; reclassification of offenses; minimum sentences.	Page 30 (pdf)
  794.011	Sexual battery.	Page 31 (pdf)
  794.0115	Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing.	Page 32 (pdf)
  794.0116	Sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses.	Page 32 (pdf)
  794.023	Sexual battery by multiple perpetrators; reclassification of offenses.	Page 33 (pdf)
  810.145	Digital voyeurism.	Page 33 (pdf)
  812.081	Theft of or trafficking in trade secrets; definitions; penalties; providing to foreign entities; restitution.	Page 34 (pdf)
  817.568	Criminal use of personal identification information.	Page 35 (pdf)
  831.032	Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels.	Page 36 (pdf)
  843.22	Traveling across county lines with intent to commit a burglary.	Page 37 (pdf)
  874.04	Gang-related offenses; enhanced penalties.	Page 37 (pdf)
  921.002	The Criminal Punishment Code.	Page 2 (pdf)
  944.275	Gain-time.	Page 4 (pdf)
  944.281	Ineligibility to earn gain-time due to disciplinary action.	Page 39 (pdf)
  944.473	Inmate substance abuse testing program.	Page 39 (pdf)
  944.70	Conditions for release from incarceration.	Page 40 (pdf)
  944.801	Education for state prisoners.	Page 40 (pdf)
  947.005	Definitions.	Page 43 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/3/2025	H	• Filed
  11/12/2025	H	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  1/7/2026	H	• Withdrawn prior to introduction