Relating to confidential mail sent by an inmate’s attorney to an inmate committed to the custody of the department of corrections

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2023
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2023
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 confidential mail sent by an attorney to an inmate committed to the custody of the department of corrections. The bill directs the department of corrections to amend its administrative rules concerning confidential mail sent by an attorney to an inmate in the custody of the director of the department of corrections, if the inmate is represented by the attorney, to provide that any correspondence from the attorney shall not contain any correspondence or material from an individual other than from the inmate’s attorney.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 23, 2023. On February 2, 2023 it recommended passage. [].

• Sen. Jeff Reichman REmail
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail
• Sen. David D. Rowley REmail

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