House Corrections panel backs amendment to HB 294 removing CoreCivic from telecom study stakeholders
On May 27 the House Corrections and Institutions Committee voted by straw ballot to concur with a Senate amendment to HB 294 that removes CoreCivic from the list of stakeholders for a Department of Corrections telecommunications evaluation; the committee recorded a 9‑0‑2 straw vote and plans to take the amendment to the House floor that afternoon.
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The House Corrections and Institutions Committee voted on May 27 to concur with a Senate amendment to HB 294 that removes CoreCivic from the list of stakeholders the Department of Corrections (DOC) must consult when studying alternative methods of providing telecommunications to people who are incarcerated.
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