Maryland Senate Bill 778 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-28 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the managing official of a local correctional facility with an inmate welfare fund to adopt specified regulations regarding the use of profits derived from telephone commissions; requiring that specified commissions be used for telephone calls that take place between an inmate and the minor child of an inmate; requiring that distributions be made according to the financial need of an inmate; and requiring the submission of a specified report.

Correctional Services - Inmate Welfare Fund - Telephone Financial Assistance

Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-28	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn
2013-02-27	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-02-01	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0778?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/sb/sb0778f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0778.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/sb0778_jpr.pdf