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Subcommittee backs substitute to study providing IDs for people released from jails
Summary
The committee voted 6-0 to report a substitute to HB 2221 that removes a mandatory jail ID requirement for this year and instead forms a stakeholder work group to develop uniform processes and report back to the General Assembly by Nov. 1.
The House Public Safety Subcommittee unanimously (6-0) reported a substituted HB 2221 that would establish a year-long work group to develop uniform processes for providing photo identification to people being released from local jails.
Delegate Cousins, the bill’s patron, said the substitute removes a requirement that jails provide a photo ID before release and replaces it with a stakeholder work group that will "collaborate on this issue over the next year" and report…
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