Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson
Summary
Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson; Creating the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson within the Department of Corrections; establishing the Corrections Oversight Committee; authorizing the office to subpoena department records, employees, or contractors; requiring the office to conduct periodic inspections of department facilities; requiring the office to create an electronic family form and make it available on the office’s public website for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,500,000
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carlos Smith
DDemocratic
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