HB 221: Prisoners/Work Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Merchant ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fasano ; Bitner ; Byrd ; Feeney ; Peaden ; Culp ; Ziebarth
Prisoners/Work Requirements; requires prisoners in state correctional system to perform specified amount of work; excludes certain education & job training from prisoner work requirement; provides that workers' compensation otherwise due or payable to prisoner shall be used for restitution, child support, alimony, & correctional facility operation or placed for disposition purposes in Crimes Compensation Trust Fund, etc. Amends 946.002.
Effective Date: 07/01/1997
Last Action: 3/31/1998 House - Withdrawn from Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration -HJ 00366
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/31/1998 House - Withdrawn from Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration -HJ 00366
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/14/1997 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 1/31/1997 | House |
• Referred to Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations |
| 3/4/1997 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations -HJ 00061 |
| 5/2/1997 | House |
• Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Corrections (JC) |
| 2/27/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Corrections (JC), 03/05/98, 3:15 pm, 214C |
| 3/3/1998 | House |
• CARRIED OVER; Referred to Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; On Committee agenda-- Corrections (JC), 03/05/98, 3:15 pm, 214C --Temporarily deferred |
| 3/31/1998 | House |
• Withdrawn from Corrections (JC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration -HJ 00366 |