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IntroducedFeb 09, 2023
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Passed Assembly
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Revises provisions relating to incarcerated persons. (BDR 16-138)
Last Action See all actions
Assembly • Mar 17, 2023: Amend, and do pass as amended -- Assembly Judiciary (Work Session) Mar 17, 2023 9:00 AM
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Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on AB 121
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Natha Anderson
Votes
Actions
- Mar 17, 2023 | Assembly
- Amend, and do pass as amended -- Assembly Judiciary (Work Session) Mar 17, 2023 9:00 AM
- Feb 23, 2023 | Assembly
- Heard -- Assembly Judiciary Feb 23, 2023 8:00 AM
- Feb 10, 2023 | Assembly
- From printer. To committee.
- Feb 09, 2023 | Assembly
- Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal Note: Local Government (As Introduced)PDF
- Fiscal Note: Department of Corrections (As Introduced)PDF
- Agenda: Assembly Judiciary, 03/17/2023
- Exhibit 0317_AB121 - Work session document for AB 121 -- Assembly Judiciary, 03/17/2023
- Agenda: Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Prisons are Increasingly Banning Physical Mail." Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2021/08/prisons-banning-physical-mail.html. Written by Mia Armstrong 8/9/21, and submitted by J. Hocking (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Protecting the Fundamental Right to Mail in Prison - Undermining the Postal Service Hurts Incarcerated People and Their Families." Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/protecting-fundamental-right-mail-prison. Written by Alia Nahra and Leily Arzy 8/21/2020, and submitted by J. Hocking (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Texas prisons stopped in-person visits and limited mail. Drugs got in anyway." The Texas Tribune. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/29/texas-prisons-drugs/amp/ Written by Jolie McCullough 3/29/21, and submitted by J. Hocking (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled, "Prison mail restrictions scrutinized." Albuquerque Journal. https://www.abqjournal.com/2519771/lawmakers-scrutinize-new-restrictions-on-nm-prison-mail.html. Written by Dan McKay 7/27/22, and submitted by J. Hocking. (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled, "More and More Prisons are Banning Mail." Vera. https://www.vera.org/news/more-and-more-prisons-are-banning-mail. Written by Nazish Dholakia 3/1/22, and submitted by J. Hocking (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "The Biden Administration must walk back the MailGuard program banning letters from home in federal prisons." The Prison Policy Initiative. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/07/29/mailguard/ Written by Wanda Bertram 7/29/21, and submitted by J. Hocking (public) -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "No more mail call as Florida prisons replace letters with digital copies." Tampa Bay Times. https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2021/12/23/no-more-mail-call-as-florida-prisons-replace-letters-with-digital-copies/ Written by Natalie Weber 8/11/22 and submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled, "Why Prisons are Banning Letters." The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/prison-letters-mailguard/. Written by Michelle Chen 2/9/22, and submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled, "NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, Then Privatize Scanning of Digital Versions." The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2023/01/23/nyc-jail-rikers-mail-surveillance-securus/ Written by Akela Lacy 1/23/23 and submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Mail scanning: A harsh and exploitative new trend in prisons." Prison Policy Initiative. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/11/17/mail-scanning/. Written by Leah Wang 11/17/2022 and submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Inside the Nation's Overdose Crisis in Prisons and Jails." The Marshall Project. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/07/15/inside-the-nation-s-overdose-crisis-in-prisonsand-Jails. Written by Ben Schwartzapfel and Jimmy Jenkins 07/15/2021 and submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled, "End privatization of prison mail!" Posted on Prison Legal News at https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/in-the-news/2021/end-privatization-prison-mail/ and published by Workers World 06/2021. Submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - An article titled "Prisons and Jails Keep Making it Harder for Incarcerated People to Communicate with Loved Ones." Vera. https://www.vera.org/news/prisons-and-jails-keep-making-it-harder-for-incarcerated-people-tocommunicate-Nazish Dholakia. Written by Nazish Dholakia and published 12/13/22. Submitted by J. Hocking -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - Agencies with digital mail distribution, submitted by the Nevada Department of Corrections -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023
- Exhibit 0223_AB121 - Proposed amendment submitted by V. Considine -- Assembly Judiciary, 02/23/2023