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Votes at a glance: committee advances several administrative corrections bills
Summary
The committee advanced multiple administrative corrections bills by voice vote, including extensions to emergency overcrowding and home-monitoring authorities and the addition of a Forest County facility to the list of regional sites that may house state inmates.
The Corrections Committee reported several largely noncontroversial bills by voice vote during the same hearing session.
- Senate Bill 2049: Extension of the repealer for the Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act, allowing the governor, the Department of Corrections, and the Parole Board to implement overcrowding plans when DOC reaches 95% capacity. Committee recorded a voice vote; motion carried.
- Senate Bill 2050: Extension of the repealer for intensive supervision and electronic home-monitoring programs. Sponsors said the bill keeps monitoring authorities in place to avoid overcrowding triggers. Committee recorded a voice vote; motion carried.
- Senate Bill 2239: Adds the Forest County jail (referred to in the hearing as a regional facility) to the list of regional facilities authorized to house state inmates; explained by Senator Johnson and reported favorably by voice vote.
Each of these bills was advanced out of committee on a title-sufficient or due-pass motion with aye/voice votes recorded in the hearing transcript. The committee did not record detailed roll-call tallies for these items in the transcript provided; where a tally was not explicit, the article notes the committee’s recorded voice vote and advancement.
