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2023 - SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BILLS

HB 2487 Correctional facilities; use of solitary confinement and restrictive housing. PASSED
Introduced by: Glenn R. Davis
Correctional facilities; use of solitary confinement and restrictive housing. Prohibits the use of solitary confinement, defined in the bill, subject to certain exceptions, and restrictive housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities. The bill provides that an incarcerated person may be placed in restorative housing, defined in the bill. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to have a defined policy and procedure for the process of transitioning an incarcerated person placed in restorative housing out of such housing and back to the general population of the facility.

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02/03/23  House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
02/14/23  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)

02/16/23  House: Senate substitute rejected by House 23106573D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
02/16/23  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)

02/20/23  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 5-N)
02/20/23  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
02/21/23  House: House acceded to request
02/22/23  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
02/22/23  Senate: Senators: Morrissey, Favola, Locke
02/22/23  House: Conferees appointed by House
02/22/23  House: Delegates: Davis, Bell, Campbell, E.H.

02/25/23  Conference: Amended by conference committee
02/25/23  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
02/25/23  House: Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 1-N)
02/25/23  House: VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 1-N)

03/23/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/23)

SB 887 Correctional facilities, state; use of isolated confinement. PASSED
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey [D]
State correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, as defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions.

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02/07/23  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)

02/10/23  House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

02/15/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106588D-H1
02/15/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB887H1
02/15/23  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/15/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)

02/20/23  House: House insisted on substitute
02/20/23  House: House requested conference committee

02/21/23  House: House insisted on substitute
02/21/23  House: House requested conference committee
02/21/23  Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
02/21/23  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
02/21/23  Senate: Senators: Morrisey, Favola, Locke
02/22/23  House: Conferees appointed by House
02/22/23  House: Delegates: Davis, Bell, Campbell, E.H.

02/25/23  Conference: Amended by conference committee
02/25/23  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
02/25/23  House: Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 1-N)
02/25/23  House: VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 1-N)

03/23/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/23)

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