SHB 2539 — Concerning inmate funds.

What this bill does

Increases the monetary threshold for defining inmate indigency to $100. Exempts money received by the Department of Corrections on behalf of an inmate for telephone services from certain deductions.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 2026
  57 yea · 36 nay · 5 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 11, 2026
  57 yea · 38 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 3, 2026
  30 yea · 18 nay · 1 not voting

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