HB296
State correctional facilities; visitation policies, report.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 6, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Chief Patron:
Holly Seibold (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. State correctional facilities; visitation policies; report.
Requires the Department of Corrections to establish and publicly post on its website and in the lobby of each state correctional facility an objective dress code for individuals visiting a state correctional facility and specifies certain requirements for and limitations on what such dress code may include. The bill prohibits ... (More) any state correctional facility from enforcing a dress code that is more restrictive than the dress code posted by the Department. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104772D
- 01/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/22/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB296)
- 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: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
