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Senate committee advances escorted-leave bill after rejecting liability, monitoring and time-limit amendments
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee adopted a proposed substitute for SB 5,873 on escorted leaves for incarcerated individuals after rejecting a slate of amendments on monitoring, duration, staffing and liability. The bill now proceeds with a due-pass recommendation to Rules.
The Senate Human Services Committee advanced Senate Bill 5,873 on Jan. 20, approving a proposed substitute that would define escorted leaves of absence and expand eligibility in certain cases. The committee adopted a technical amendment to align the bill’s family-definition language with Department of Corrections (DOC) usage and rejected several amendments that would have narrowed or constrained escorted leaves.
The bill, introduced in committee briefing by staffer Will Thompson, would combine escorted leaves for funerals and bedside visits into a single category, define "immediate family," and expand escorted leave requests to include individuals…
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