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HB 531: Treatment of Inmates

GENERAL BILL by Hart ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes ; Joseph ; Polo ; Smith, C. ; Valdes

Treatment of Inmates; Requires DOC rules include certain inmate rights; provides requirements for disciplinary confinement of inmates; specifies basic rights; creates presumption that inmates meeting specified conditions are permanently incapacitated for purposes of consideration for conditional medical release; requires DOC to conduct study.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/5/2019 House • Filed
    11/15/2019 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 44
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 44
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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  • HB 531, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/5/2019 at 1:18 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    944.09 Rules of the department; offenders, probationers, and parolees. Page 1 (pdf)
    944.092 Page 2 (pdf)
    947.149 Conditional medical release. Page 3 (pdf)

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