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Subcommittee backs bill to set price limits for items sold in prison canteens
Summary
House Bill 3,929 received a unanimous favorable report from the subcommittee. The bill would allow the Department of Corrections to operate canteens under statutory pricing limits if a facility elects to offer such sales; the bill does not mandate canteens but would cap prices when they are offered.
The Domestic Relations Business and Probate Law Subcommittee voted 5-0 to give House Bill 3,929 a favorable report. Representative John King, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure seeks to prevent what he described as “price gouging” in correctional facility canteens by capping the prices of items sold to incarcerated people.
Representative King said he had received reports from family members of incarcerated people that common…
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