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2024 SESSION
SB 719 Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.
Introduced by: Lamont Bagby | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place an incarcerated person in a less-restrictive setting, including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats. The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every 48 hours and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, inform him of any reason or reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary, and give the incarcerated person an opportunity to respond to those reasons, and a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated individual within 24 hours. This bill is identical to HB 1244.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24105143D pdf
- 02/09/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24105143D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB719ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB719ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/19/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24105143D
- 01/19/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/02/24 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/07/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/09/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/09/24 Senate: Amendment by Senator Marsden agreed to
- 02/09/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB719E
- 02/09/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24105143D-E
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/16/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/20/24 House: Read second time
- 02/21/24 House: Read third time
- 02/21/24 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/21/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/21/24 House: Passed House with amendment (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/21/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB719ER)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB719ER)
- 02/28/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/14/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 Senate: Passed by for the day