2025 bills / H.B. 326
H.B. 326 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill requires the state prison system and county jails to test every female person admitted to a correctional facility for pregnancy and to collect information about whether inmates are parents of minor children. It also requires those agencies to report counts of pregnant inmates and inmates who are parents to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and it changes the membership of an advisory board on postnatal and early childhood care for incarcerated people and extends that board's repeal date.
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Official description
- requires the Department of Corrections (the department) and the county jails to ensure that each female individual admitted to a correctional facility is tested for pregnancy
- requires the department and each county jail to collect certain parental information on inmates
- requires the department and each county jail to report to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice:
- the number of known pregnant inmates in custody
- the number of inmates in custody who are parents to a minor child
- amends the membership of the Correctional Postnatal and Early Childhood Advisory Board (the board)
- extends the repeal date of the board
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/5/2025 4:15 PMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/5/2025 4:16 PMWho voted how
- 13 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/5/2025 4:16 PMWho voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · 2/14/2025 11:32 AMWho voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · 2/25/2025 7:13 PMWho voted how