Introduced
by
To issue all prisoners upon release with a debit card to access any money remaining in their institutional account.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To establish that if passed the bill will go into effect on June 1, 2008, and to tie-bar the bill to House Bills 4425 to 4528, and 5568, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills would amend various acts to ease the ability of ex-prisoners to obtain driver's licenses and state ID cards, and also would create a debit card by which former prisoners could access money left in their prisoner accounts.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
by
To also allow a similar electronic funds transfer card to accomplish the bill's purpose.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 84 to 25 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
