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Approp, correction, orig
APPROPRIATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Correction for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

RS30686 / H0351

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Correction. It appropriates a total of $354,157,700 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 2,170.85. The bill funds eleven line items, which provides funding for two new food service staff to assist with dietary needs, funding for the increase cost to inflation for food, clothes and other operational needs, funding to increase resident pay, three new positions and vans to expand the ability to transport inmates, and an increase for educator pay. This bill also funds an operational change to the Correctional Alternative Placement facility and allows the department to take over the facility and end its contract with the Management Training Corporation, this adds 78 positions and after adding the total needed for those position there is a total reduction of $774,800. Lastly, this bill includes three supplemental appropriations for inflation, expanding drug tests, and onetime cost to take over the Correctional Alternative Placement facility.

Bill Events
Date Description
03/21 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
03/22 Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
03/23 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
Rules Suspended: Ayes 67 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 3, read in full as required – PASSED - 67-1-2
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Barbieri
Absent – Bundy, Nash
Floor Sponsor - Handy
Title apvd - to Senate
03/24 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/27 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 25-10-0
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hartgen, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow
NAYS – Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Lenney, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Toews, Trakel, Zuiderveld
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw
Title apvd - to House
03/28 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
03/29 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
Delivered to Governor at 9:40 a.m. on March 29, 2023
03/31 Reported Signed by Governor on March 29, 2023
Session Law Chapter 187
Effective: 03/29/2023 SECTION 5-7;
07/01/2023 all other SECTIONS
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