CS/HB 953: Inmate Reentry
GENERAL BILL by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee ; Stone
Inmate Reentry; Authorizes DOC to increase number of employees serving as transition specialists & employment specialists; requires transition assistance staff to provide specified information; requires DOC to establish telephone hotline for released offenders & provide community reentry resource directory; requires DOC to allow certain organizations to provide reentry services; authorizes expanded use of job assignment credentialing & industry certifications; requires DOC to develop prison entrepreneurship program.
Effective Date: 10/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/20/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/28/2019 | House |
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 97 |
| 3/1/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall -HJ 97 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 97 • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 352 |
| 3/6/2019 | House |
• Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 352 |
| 3/22/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall |
| 3/27/2019 | House |
• CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 537 • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 516 |
| 3/28/2019 | House |
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 544 |
| 5/3/2019 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167) |
