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Legislature approves amended Securus Technologies contract after failed tabling motion
Summary
After a failed motion to table, the Legislature approved an amendment allowing renewal contracts with Securus Technologies by a 25–3 vote; three legislators voted against the main motion and an earlier tabling motion failed on a 6–22 vote.
The Legislature considered Intro.219 (25-0144), an amendment to prior resolutions authorizing renewal contracts with Securus Technologies, LLC, concerning telephonic security services. A motion to table the item (filed under Intro.220 / M.49) failed 6–22, after which the main motion (Res.169) passed 25–3 on final action.
The printed minutes record that Legislators Barnhart, Delvecchio Hoffman and Vazquez Simmons voted against the main motion. The agenda labels Intro.219 a matter of urgency; the documentation shows an initial procedural attempt to table the item and then a recorded passage of the main motion. Committee-level references are noted as “Matter of Urgency” on the agenda page but do not include verbatim floor debate in the minutes.
The resolution’s text, as listed in the agenda, proposes amending Resolution 270 of 2019 and subsequent amendments to authorize renewal contracts with Securus Technologies using modified commissions and a separately priced telephonic security services option. The Legislature’s passage of Res.169 authorizes staff to proceed under the amended terms as reflected on the legislative calendar.
The minutes do not include vendor contract amounts or the specific commission modification language; those details would appear in the contract documents or procurement record rather than in the session minutes.
Next steps: contract execution or procurement tasks will proceed per the adopted amendment; the minutes do not list an implementation schedule or reporting requirements.
