HB126
Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
Chief Patron:
Katrina Callsen (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.
Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to establish additional standards no later than January 1, 2027, to ensure access to legal counsel for inmates held in any local, regional, or community correctional facility and enumerates the standards that the Board shall include in such additional standards.-
Bill History
- 01/02/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101260D
- 01/02/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 01/30/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/04/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
