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Appropriators fund contracted out‑of‑state prison placements and add K-9 teams; other DOC language changes also pass
Summary
Committee approved money to continue out‑of‑state secure placements and added K-9 teams; it also passed language and technical changes affecting prevailing-wage intent and program appropriations in the Department of Corrections budget.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to include funding for contracted out-of-state prison placements and to add K-9 teams in the Department of Corrections (DOC) budget during executive action on House Bill 2, Section D.
Representative Fitzpatrick offered an amendment to provide general-fund authority to contract for 360 out-of-state secure placements; the sponsor said the state currently has roughly 600 inmates housed out of state and argued the amendment was needed to continue contracted placements into the…
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