SB59 (Wolken) 

• Create a pretrial program – Office of Court Administrator 
• Create prosecution diversion grant program – Montana Board of Crime Control 
• Establish Criminal Justice Oversight Committee – DOC 
• Report on criminal justice reinvestment impacts – DOC 
• Adopt a program evaluation tool, conduct evaluations – DOC 
• Adopt an incentives, interventions grid to guide community supervision of offenders – DOC 

SB60 

• Revised presentence investigation laws to expedite presentence investigations and use of evidence-based practices in sentencing – DOC 

SB62  

• Certification of peer support specialists – increase the capacity of behavioral health care providers by certifying behavioral health peer support specialists – behavioral health providers 

SB63  

• Revised processes for supervising offenders in the community using sanctions and focusing probation resources on offenders who pose the highest risk of reoffending – DOC 

SB64  

• Established a professional parole board and instituted structured parole guidelines – DOC

SB65  

• Increased access to housing for offenders returning to communities after incarceration by allowing the DOC to provide housing assistance, and creating a supportive grant program to be administered by the Montana Board of Crime Control – DOC, Montana Board of Crime Control  

SB67  

• Improved quality and quantity of services provided by domestic violence intervention programs through funding from the Montana Board of Crime Control to courts – Montana Board of Crime Control, courts 

HB133 

• Reduced penalties for some nonviolent offenses to allow additional use of pretrial services and deferred prosecution programs – Montana law enforcement, courts