SB1409
Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use, effective date.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Lamont Bagby (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.
Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place the incarcerated person in a less restrictive setting, ... (More) including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats. The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every 48 hours and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, to inform him of any reason or reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary and give him an opportunity to respond to those reasons and that a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated person within 24 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to HB 2647. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 25104011D
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105723D-S1
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1409)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/07/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Passed House (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1409ER)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1409)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
- 02/20/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's Veto Received by Senate
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
