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JFAC approves $1.0589 million supplemental for state prisons' body-worn camera pilot, majority supported in committee vote
Summary
The committee approved a one-time supplemental appropriation to the Department of Correction's State Prisons Division to accept a federal body-worn camera grant and provide the state match; the motion passed on a recorded roll call.
Noah Peterson, budget policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented a supplemental request for the Department of Corrections State Prisons Division to accept a federal grant and start a body-worn camera pilot program.
Peterson said the appropriation covers year one of the pilot. He described the funding split in the motion: $1,023,900 in federal funds and $27,000 from the general fund for a total of $1,058,900 for the pilot program. In earlier remarks Peterson described a similar total as $1,051,000 in the handout; that discrepancy appears in the transcript and is noted in clarifying details below.
Senator Galloway asked why the pilot was handled as a supplemental; Peterson answered that the grant was applied for and received in federal fiscal year 2025 and the supplemental appropriation allows the Department of Correction to remain within the federal grant parameters and start the program on the federal timeline.
Senator Wintrow moved the appropriation; Representative Manmore seconded. The committee adopted the supplemental on a roll call: the recorded tally was 15 ayes, 4 nays, and 1 absent/excused across the two chambers, and the motion carried with a due-pass recommendation.
Ending: The appropriation authorizes the department to incur the federal-funded pilot and the state match; Peterson said the department will request additional funding for subsequent years as part of the regular budget process.
(Note: the transcript contains two slightly different totals for the appropriation in the presentation and the motion; the motion recorded on the floor lists $1,058,900.)
