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HB1894

State correctional facilities; cell and facility conditions, temperature monitoring.

Status:
Vetoed

Latest Action: April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto

Chief Patron:
Holly Seibold (D)

Session:
2025 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. State correctional facilities; cell conditions; temperature monitoring; report.

Requires the Department of Corrections to require that heat and air conditioning be provided in all state correctional facilities that are capable of controlling the interior temperature of such facilities so that a temperature of not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit is maintained in each such facility. The bill also directs the Department of Corrections to evaluate the implementation of remote temperature monitoring and to report its findings to the General Assembly by October 1, 2025. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104461D
  • 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  • 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
  • 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
  • 01/15/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1894)
  • 01/16/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
  • 01/16/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
  • 01/17/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 01/17/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105161D-H1
  • 01/21/2025 - House: Read first time
  • 01/22/2025 - House: Motion to refer to Appropriations agreed to
  • 01/22/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 01/22/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
  • 01/27/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1894)
  • 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
  • 01/29/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
  • 01/29/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106169D-H2
  • 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
  • 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
  • 02/03/2025 - House: Public Safety Substitute rejected
  • 02/03/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  • 02/04/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1894)
  • 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N 1-A)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
  • 02/07/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 6-N)
  • 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
  • 02/10/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/10/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/11/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/12/2025 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 14-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/17/2025 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/17/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1894ER)
  • 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1894)
  • 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  • 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  • 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
  • 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
  • 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto

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