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Committee to reexamine commissary, telecom contracts after members cite high pricing and revenue sharing
Corrections & Institutions · January 9, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers on the Corrections & Institutions committee asked subcommittee members to reconvene and clarify commissary pricing, a telecom contract tied to an alleged ~30% revenue share, and whether H294 could be used as a strike-all vehicle to address both telecoms and commissary practices.
Speaker 2 told the committee there had been "some energy" around telecommunications and "wondering about that 30% kickback" tied to commissary/telecommunications arrangements. Members recalled working in separate subcommittees last session on commissary and on telecoms and agreed to…
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