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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1196

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF PERSONS WHO ARE INCARCERATED BETWEEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND THE USE OF BODY SCANNING MACHINES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE USE OF STRIP SEARCHES.

Became law as Public Act 23-12, signed June 7, 2023, 91 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require (1) notification to a crime victim when the person who committed the crime involving the victim is transferred to a lower level correctional facility, and (2) a correctional officer to document such officer's probable cause belief that a person who is incarcerated is concealing contraband prior to such person being subject to a strip search.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Herron Gaston

In the House of Representatives

    4 co-sponsors

    Travis Simms, Anne M. Hughes, David Michel, Hubert D. Delany

    Its course

    March 8 to June 7, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action19 actions on 11 days

    In the SenateMar 8 to May 1770 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 8 to Mar 3022 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 17 to May 3013 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 30 to Jun 56 days

    With the GovernorJun 5 to Jun 72 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 8 โ€“ May 17

    1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives May 19 โ€“ May 30

    1. Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Passed the House of Representatives

    To the Governor Jun 1 โ€“ Jun 7

    1. Numbered Public Act 23-12
    2. Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. Signed by the Governor
    All 19 actions, as published