HB860
Local & Regional jails, St. Bd.; standards/regulations for pregnant/postpartum incarcerated person
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
Chief Patron:
Rae Cousins (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. State
Board of Local and Regional Jails; work group to review standards and regulations for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons in local and regional correctional facilities; report. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to convene a work group to conduct a review of existing standards for pregnant ... (More) and postpartum incarcerated persons in local and regional correctional facilities and to develop recommendations for new standards and recommendations for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons by considering certain best practices. The bill requires the work group to report such findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and the House Committee on Public Safety by July 1, 2027, and to adopt regulations consistent with such findings and recommendations by December 1, 2028. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103320D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB860)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
