HB 1301: Incarcerated Women with Newborn Children
GENERAL BILL by Newton
Incarcerated Women with Newborn Children; Requires women inmates in state & county correctional systems who have newborn children be allowed visitation & physical touch privileges with their newborn children; prohibits such inmates from being relocated during term of their imprisonment; requires such inmates be allowed to be involved in determining care of their newborn children; requires sheriffs & chief correctional officers to adopt model standards relating to such inmates.
Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/3/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 130 |
| 3/8/2019 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 378 |
| 5/3/2019 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
