Bill > LD647

Introduced Session

This bill amends the laws governing telephone services for residents of detention and correctional facilities and jails to include video call services. For a detention or correctional facility administered by the Department of Corrections, it requires the department to provide a resident a telephone and video call allowance for 90 minutes of free telephone and video calls per week. The department also must provide a resident free telephone and video calls with the resident's attorney. A service provider may not charge a fee to deposit money into a resident's telephone or video call account. For a municipal or county jail, it requires the sheriff or jailer to provide a resident with a reasonable opportunity to make telephone and video calls to relatives and friends, except that the sheriff or jailer may restrict or prohibit telephone and video calls when the restriction or prohibition is necessary for the security of the jail. The sheriff or jailer must provide to a resident who has less than $50 in the resident's jail account a telephone and video call allowance for 90 minutes of free telephone and video calls per week. The sheriff or jailer also must provide a resident with a reasonable opportunity to make telephone and video calls protected by the attorney- client privilege. The sheriff or jailer must provide a resident free telephone and video calls with the resident's attorney. The bill specifies requirements for service providers regarding outgoing interstate and intrastate telephone and video calls.

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Nina Milliken (D)*,  Steven Bishop (R),  David Boyer (R),  Anne Carney (D),  Ann Fredericks (R),  Timmy Guerrette (R),  Kristi Mathieson (D),  Holly Sargent (D),  Dan Sayre (D),  Sophia Warren (D), 

Accepted Majority (ONTP) Report, Jun 10, 2025 (on 06/10/2025)

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