Introduced
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To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To spend an additional $600,000 on a jail inmate job training and reentry program grant.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase spending on prison health care and mental health treatment.
The amendment failed 14 to 22 (details)
Amendment offered
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To add $13.5 million to transition some prison food services from a private vendor to state employees, and $3 million for staff training.
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
Amendment offered
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To add money for residential probation diversions and increase per-diem reimbursement rates to providers, and trim spending on inmate religious facilities.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)
The Senate version of the Department of Corrections budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2018. This would appropriate $2.010 billion in gross spending, of which $5.3 million is federal money.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
