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Bill Detail: SB25-208

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Title Department of Corrections Inmate Phone Costs
Status Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole (04/01/2025)
Bill Subjects
  • Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
House Sponsors S. Bird (D)
E. Sirota (D)
Senate Sponsors J. Bridges (D)
J. Amabile (D)
House Committee
Senate Committee Appropriations
Date Introduced 03/31/2025
AI Summary
Summary

Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, beginning July 1,
2025, the department of corrections is required to cover 100% of all
inmate phone call costs. The bill changes the amount the department of
corrections is required to cover, beginning July 1, 2025, to 75% of all
inmate phone call costs. The bill requires the department of corrections
to cover 100% of all inmate phone call costs on and after July 1, 2026.
The bill appropriates $1,436,165 from the general fund to the department
of corrections for inmate telephone calls.

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