Committee advances private-detention reporting bill after rejecting JLARC study and other amendments
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.
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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.
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