Senate2023-24 sessionFiscal note
SB 5131: Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items.
Signed into law: Chapter 111, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Wilson, C.
- Introduced
- January 9, 2023
- Status
- C 111 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (April 20, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Provides that money received by the Department of Corrections on behalf of an incarcerated person from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items is exempt from certain deductions.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 6, 202371 yea · 27 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202349 yea · 0 nay
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