Relating to training and instruction of inmates for personal betterment and self-improvement

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the training and instruction of inmates for personal betterment and self-improvement. The bill provides that an inmate sentenced to and confined in any institution under the jurisdiction of the department shall be allowed access to training and instruction in activities which promote personal betterment and self-improvement. Such training must include, but will not be limited to, meditation instruction, yoga instruction, and prayer coaching. The bill provides that the Iowa department of corrections shall adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A (Iowa administrative procedure Act) to administer the bill.

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