HB-1979: Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Dodge
Finally Passed, In Concurrence. on 06/03/2025
You have voted HB-1979: Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated.
HB-1710: An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested
Sponsored by: Rep. Tavis Hasenfus
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/17/2025
You have voted HB-1710: An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested.
HB-1000: An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult
Sponsored by: Rep. Marygrace Cimino
Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-1000: An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities to Release Prisoners and Patients to a Responsible Adult.
HB-931: An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail
Sponsored by: Rep. James Dill
Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 06/12/2025
You have voted HB-931: An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail.
You have voted HB-45: An Act Allowing the Department of Corrections to Offset Some of the Costs of Technology Provided to Residents of Correctional Facilities.
State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications [HB-1366]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
HB-1366: State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program [HB-1405]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individuals wages to a spouse, child or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.
HB-1405: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations [HB-1086]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Altering certain benefits that a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted of a crime is entitled to receive; requiring the State to notify a certain individual of certain information in writing under certain circumstances when the State intends to reduce or prevent an award of compensation to the individual; and repealing obsolete provisions of law relating to the filing of a certain petition for compensation.
HB-1086: Compensation for Individuals Erroneously Convicted - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 138 on 04/25/2024
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [HB-1144]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [HB-1037]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and develop a plan to expand certain services for individuals after release from incarceration; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
HB-1037: Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 937 on 05/16/2024
State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-948]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
SB-948: State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024