BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
HB 1751: Communic. services/prisons
Concerning communication services and electronic media services in prisons and jails.
Summary
- Establishes maximum rates for telephone calls, video visitation, emails, and other communication and electronic media services charged to inmates in state correctional facilities and jails.
- Requires state correctional facilities and local jails to allow for inmates to make at least four telephone calls weekly, and establishes additional terms on the duration of and charges for telephone calls.
- Establishes restrictions on commissions collected by state correctional facilities and jails from private vendors providing communication and electronic media services.
From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1751), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Strom Peterson (D-21)
- Introduced
- January 30, 2019 in the House
- Last action
- January 13, 2020
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to communication services and electronic media services in prisons and jails;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Strom Peterson (D-21)
3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Public Safety.
HB 1751 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1751 (2025–26) Course materials sales tax
- HB 1751 (2023–24) Sex offender facility siting
- HB 1751 (2021–22) Hazing prevention
- HB 1751 (2017–18) Fire district annexations
- HB 1751 (2015–16) Transit construction/parking
- HB 1751 (2013–14) Banks/in-state, out-of-state
- HB 1751 (2011–12) Telephone directories
- HB 1751 (2009–10) Rural cnty public facilities