HB 1983 -- PHONE PRIVILEGES FOR PRISONERS

SPONSOR: Merideth

This bill specifies that any sheriff and jailer, or other specified persons, may place reasonable limits on the length and frequency of telephone calls by a committed person but there must be no charge for any local call, and each committed person must be allowed one long distance call at no cost during the person's incarceration.

This bill is the same as HB 1114 (2019).

Statutes affected:
Introduced (4413H.01): 221.060