2015 House Bill 4925

Spend $8.9 million to keep state reformatory open

Introduced in the House

Sept. 30, 2015

Introduced by Rep. Martin Howrylak (R-41)

To spend $8.9 million to keep open the Maxey state reformatory in Wayne County, the closure of which was strongly opposed by the prison guard union and its political allies when it was included in the fiscal year 2015-16 state budget. The bill was cosponsored by Republican Mike Callton and Democrats Andy Schor, Bill LaVoy, Robert Wittenberg, Stephanie Chang, Scott Dianda and Harvey Santana.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations