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2022 SESSION
HB 543 Correctional facilities, local, regional, and community; attorney visitation of clients.
Introduced by: Don L. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum standards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunities to have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local, regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clients on the weekends and after 5:00 p.m.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100033D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety