Bill > AB729

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to ensure that in every state correctional institution and county jail, in every inmate residential cell that is connected to an exterior wall, a window that is at least 1.5 square feet in size and that provides at least 92 percent visibility to the outdoors be installed by October 1, 2030, provided that the correctional institution or county jail will remain structurally sound with the windows in place. The bill also requires DOC or the county sheriff to provide every inmate with three hours per day of outdoor viewing time through a window that provides 92 percent visibility to the outdoors. This requirement may be met by time spent outdoors, by time spent in the inmate’s cell if the cell has such a window, or, if the inmate’s cell does not have such a window, by moving the inmate to a location within the state correctional institution or county jail that does have a window that provides at least 92 percent visibility to the outdoors. The bill provides to DOC $500,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 for the purpose of installing windows in state correctional institutions to meet the requirements of the bill. For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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Margaret Arney (D)*,  Mike Bare (D)*,  Ryan Clancy (D)*,  Francesca Hong (D)*,  Alex Joers (D)*,  Darrin Madison (D)*,  Christian Phelps (D)*,  Pricilla Prado (D)*,  Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D)*,  Angela Stroud (D)*,  Shelia Stubbs (D)*,  Sequanna Taylor (D)*,  Angelito Tenorio (D)*,  Randy Udell (D)*,  Dora Drake (D),  Chris Larson (D), 

Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor (on 01/21/2026)

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