The State Senate, controlled by Republicans, and State House, controlled by Democrats, separately approved new sentencing guidelines along largely partisan lines. “The legislature’s failure to meaningfully reform sentencing around 2nd degree murder is indicative of its general unwillingness to undo past wrongs,” Cozzens said. The state legislature could still pass new sentencing guidelines at any time, though the chambers are in recess until September. A joint statement from Senate Republican leadership slammed House Democrats for not allowing votes on SB1400 and an earlier version of HB1042. “That our legislators are willing to go on summer recess and allow all of these unconstitutional sentences to stand.”