HB 2371 - DIGEST

Authorizes an offender to receive thirty days of positive incentive time which will allow the offender to be released thirty days before the earned release date for his or her sentence if, while in the custody of the department of corrections for the current offense, the offender meets certain requirements.

Requires the department of corrections to recalculate and reschedule the expected release dates for each qualified offender on or before August 1, 2009.

Provides that the act applies retroactively to eligible offenders serving terms of total confinement in a state correctional facility as of August 1, 2009.