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Senate committee advances 10 corrections-related bills, reporting most to finance
Summary
The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, chaired by Senator Salazar, moved all 10 bills on its agenda — ranging from educational leave and telephone-notice before transfers to reintegration pilots and water testing — with most items reported to finance or recorded for further action.
The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction, chaired by Senator Salazar, met to consider 10 bills addressing correctional policy, reentry services and victim notifications. The committee moved each bill forward, with most items reported to the finance committee or recorded for subsequent consideration.
The agenda included measures to expand educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals (S 3-19), require a telephone call before transfers (S 10-50), increase access to substance use programming for non-English speakers (S 16-45), regulate commissary/canteen operations (S 16-92a), establish a reintegration pilot program (S 50-61a), screen for SNAP eligibility prior to release (S 52-65), provide discharge and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals (S 57-01), require publication of correctional…
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