Concerning departures from the guidelines for caregiver status.

This bill would allow courts to consider a defendant's status as a primary caregiver for a minor child or other family member as a reason to impose a sentence below the standard range. This exception would apply if the caregiver has no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect, no restraining orders against them, and no convictions where the person they cared for was the victim. The bill also clarifies existing rules for imposing sentences above or below the standard range.

No official summary on file for this bill · generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash from its full text