ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

Senate: PS DP 6-0-1-0 | 3rd Read 29-0-1-0

House: PSLE DP 14-0-0-1

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1506: department of corrections; reporting; website

Sponsor: Senator Bolick, LD 2

Caucus & COW

Overview

Permits the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Director to post all statutorily required information on their website.

History

The DOC Director can adopt rules to implement the purpose of the DOC and take administrative action to improve departmental efficiency. By December 31 of each year, they must submit a report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and Senate and the chairperson of the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives and Senate or its successor committee. The report must include the number of: 1) inmate deaths; 2) physical and sexual assaults; 3) inmates placed in solitary confinement and its duration; 4) facility lockdowns lasting over 24 hours; 5) staff information including tenure, turn-over rate, vacancies and compensation; 6) inmates and the inmate-to-staff ratio; 7) in-person visits and denials; and 8) inmate complaints and resolutions (A.R.S. § 41-1604).

Provisions

1.   Allows the DOC Director to post on their website all statutorily required reports, forms, plans and summaries. (Sec. 1)

2.   Requires the statutorily required information that is posted on the DOC website to be treated as if DOC submitted the report, form, plan and summary to the relevant entity. (Sec. 1)

3.   Directs the DOC Director to notify the relevant entities that the reports, forms, plans and summaries have been posted on their website. (Sec. 1)

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