Legislative Watch

Mental Health Advocacy Pilot Programs
Establish a pilot program to provide community-based treatment for people with mental illness as an alternative to incarceration.

Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing
Permanently establish the Commission to review criminal sentences and advise the Legislature in developing cost-effective and fair sentencing policies.

Drug Free School and Public Property Zones
Reduction of the zone as well as elimination of the mandatory minimum term of incarceration.

Regional Contribution Agreements
Eliminate the regional contribution agreement as a method of satisfying the affordable housing obligation under the “Fair Housing Act."

Homes for Heroes Act of 2007
This Act amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to provide housing assistance to very low income veterans.