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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 187

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Relating to: reimbursement to counties or tribes for costs relating to individuals held in a county or tribal facility awaiting transfer to a state prison and making an appropriation. (FE)

Corrections department of County — Finance Indians and tribal issues Jail Prison

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, when an individual who has been sentenced to prison is held

in a county jail while that individual awaits transfer to the prison, the county is

responsible for the costs associated with jailing that individual. Also under current

law, the Department of Corrections may enter into a contract with a county or a tribe

to temporarily house people who are on probation or who are sentenced to prison or

the intensive sanctions program at a daily rate of up to $60 per person.

Under this bill, if an individual is held in a county jail, other county facility, or

tribal jail for more than 10 days awaiting transfer to a state prison, DOC must

reimburse the county or tribe for the cost of jailing the individual at the daily contract

rate or $50 per person per day, whichever is greater. Under the bill, a county or tribe

may bill DOC for costs incurred beginning on February 1, 2021.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R)

7 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Roth (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Stroebel (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, James, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Rozar, Schraa, Skowronski, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel and Macco; cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt, Stroebel, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein and Roth

  2. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1