State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment & education program, report.
Sponsored By: Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
In Committee
Summary
State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment and educational programs; reentry planning. Expands the program assignments in which the Director of the Department of Corrections may place a prisoner while such prisoner is confined in a state correctional facility. The bill requires the Director to place a prisoner in an appropriate program assignment within (i) 90 days of the arrival of a prisoner sentenced to a new term of confinement to a state correctional facility or (ii) 60 days of a prisoner already in custody being transferred to a new state correctional facility and provides that participation in such program assignments shall be for an average of 30 hours per week, calculated individually across the calendar year. Finally, the bill expands upon the requirements for a prisoner's reentry plan, including requiring an assessment, if necessary, of a prisoner's readiness to take a high school equivalency test and any modifications needed for the prisoner to take or improve upon such test, and making available peer and group educational programs developed and led by qualified prisoners.
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Bill Overview
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joshua G. Cole
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
Continued from last session
7/21/2026SenateContinued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
3/4/2026SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280)
3/2/2026HouseCommittee substitute printed 26108856D-S1
2/27/2026SenateReported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/27/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2/18/2026SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2/18/2026SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280)
2/17/2026HouseRead third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A)
2/17/2026HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute
2/16/2026Housecommittee substitute agreed to
2/16/2026HouseRead second time
2/16/2026HouseRead first time
2/13/2026HouseCommittee substitute printed 26107749D-H1
2/11/2026HouseHouse subcommittee offered
2/11/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2/11/2026HouseReported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2/11/2026HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280)
2/3/2026HouseAssigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
1/31/2026HouseReported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
1/30/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
1/29/2026HouseAssigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
1/23/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Public Safety
1/14/2026HousePresented and ordered printed 26104959D
1/14/2026House
Bill Text
Substitute
2/27/2026
Substitute
2/11/2026
Introduced
1/14/2026
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