Mental health treatment for inmates.
Summary
Permits, under certain circumstances, an offender committed to the department of correction to be held within a treatment facility operated by the department for not more than 14 days beyond the offender's mandatory release date if: (1) the offender consents; or (2) a court has ordered the offender to be committed to a treatment setting outside the department.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 4, 2021
Signed Apr 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Feb 8, 2021
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican30
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
Returned to the Senate without amendments
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 97, nays 0
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Jan 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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