Bill Text: HI SB2629 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Incarcerated Persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-24 - Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM. [SB2629 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2629-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2629 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to incarcerated persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require the department of corrections and rehabilitation to make phone calls free for incarcerated persons who have been convicted or are detained and awaiting a verdict.
SECTION 2. Chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§353- Free phone calls for committed persons. (a) The department shall provide all committed persons and persons detained and awaiting a verdict with voice communication services, including phone calls, free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the communication; provided that no facility with custody of committed persons or persons awaiting a verdict shall offer access to voice communication services less than the services that were offered and available at the facility on January 1, 2024.
(b) The department may supplement voice communication services for committed persons and persons detained awaiting a verdict with other communication services, including but not limited to video and electronic communication services; provided that other communication services for committed persons and persons detained awaiting a verdict shall not replace voice communication services and shall be provided free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the communication."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DCR; Incarcerated Persons; Free Phone Calls
Description:
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make phone calls free for incarcerated persons who have been convicted or are detained and awaiting a verdict.
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