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Committee advances private-detention reporting bill after rejecting JLARC study and other amendments
Summary
House Bill 2464, which would require private detention facilities to report incidents to the Department of Health and local law enforcement and create annual law-enforcement reporting, received a due-pass recommendation to rules after the committee rejected several amendments including a striking amendment to order a JLARC study and proposals to publish reports and impose additional requirements.
The Senate Human Services Committee on Feb. 25 recommended House Bill 2464 for a due-pass to the rules committee after rejecting multiple amendments offered by Senator Christian, including a striking amendment that would have replaced the bill with a Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee (JLARC) study of private detention facilities.
Staff summarized HB 2464 as a measure that requires private detention facilities to report certain incidents to the Department of Health and to local law enforcement, and it creates an annual reporting obligation for law-enforcement agencies that have private detention facilities in their…
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