1. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, § 3-711 of this subtitle, and Title 7, Subtitle 5 of this article, an incarcerated individual committed to the custody of the Commissioner is entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3-303 or § 3-304 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, or an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3-305 or § 3-306 of the Criminal Law Article, as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.
   2. (2) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3-303 of the Criminal Law Article that occurred on or after October 1, 2024, is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.
3. (c) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3-307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle, if the incarcerated individual was previously convicted of a violation of § 3-307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 182, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 183, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2017, c. 161, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 162, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2024, c. 712, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.

Formerly Art. 27, § 700.