HB1246
State correctional facilities; visitation privileges, Visitation Enhancement Program established.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
Chief Patron:
Jackie Glass (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. State correctional facilities; visitation privileges; Visitation Enhancement Program established.
Establishes the Visitation Enhancement Program (the Program) and requires all state correctional facilities to participate in the Program and provide visitation privileges to inmates in accordance with the standards specified in the bill. The bill provides that all inmates in state correctional facilities shall be classified within one of three ... (More) phases of the Program, which shall be based on the class level at which the inmate earns good time such as good conduct time, good conduct allowances, or earned sentence credits. The bill specifies certain enhanced visitation privileges permitted for each of the three phases of the Program. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103237D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
