2019 Senate Bill 489

Ban state doing business with privatized prison companies and vendors

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 4, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-18)

To prohibit the state from doing business with firms in the private prison business, or with firms that do business with a firm in the private prison business. The bill’s official tagline refers to these companies as “discriminatory businesses”.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations