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SB 570: Youth in Solitary Confinement

GENERAL BILL by Thurston

Youth in Solitary Confinement; Creating the "Youth in Solitary Confinement Reduction Act"; prohibiting the Department of Corrections or a local governmental body from subjecting youth prisoners to solitary confinement except under certain circumstances; providing for the protection of youth prisoners held in emergency cell confinement; requiring that within a specified time and at specified intervals a mental health clinician perform a face-to-face evaluation of youth prisoners who are subjected to emergency cell confinement; providing for an individualized suicide crisis intervention plan for certain youth prisoners, if applicable, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/12/2021 Senate • Filed
1/21/2021 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 76
3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 75
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Health Policy