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Committee backs two-person drug team for corrections after fentanyl finds in community supervision
Summary
House Bill 323 would fund a two-person drug enforcement team within the Department of Corrections to work in prisons and with adult probation and parole. Sponsors cited large fentanyl seizures in community supervision systems.
Representative Burton described House Bill 323 as a consensus measure creating a two-person drug team for the Department of Corrections to investigate and disrupt drug trafficking into prisons and the adult probation-and-parole (AP&P) system.
The sponsor said investigators had found 30,000 fentanyl pills in the AP&P system in the prior year and that the Department lacked a dedicated corrections drug team. The proposed two-person team would operate both inside prisons and with AP&P to identify supply channels and coordinate enforcement.
No public witnesses opposed the bill during the hearing. Senator Baldry moved and the committee voted to recommend favorably House Bill 323 to the full Senate; the record notes the motion passed unanimously.
Votes at the committee
- Recommend favorably HB 323 to the full Senate: motion moved by Senator Baldry; outcome: passed unanimously. A fiscal note prevents placement on consent at this hearing.
Implementation notes
Sponsor and committee members discussed a fiscal note for the team; sponsor said floor sponsor Senator Stevenson volunteered to cosponsor and that they were in a good fiscal position to advance the bill.
