2022 Senate Bill 829

Appropriations: Department of Corrections

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 20, 2022

Introduced by Sen. John Bizon (R-19)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Department of Corrections budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 27, 2022

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 3, 2022

Amendment offered by Sen. Adam Hollier (D-2)

To increase the amount of proposed department spending, including money to give $5,000 signing bonuses to new prison guards.

The amendment failed 16 to 19 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Department of Corrections budget. This would appropriate $2.101 billion in gross spending. Of this, $5.14 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

May 4, 2022

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 18, 2022

Substitute offered by Rep. Thomas Albert (R-86)

To replace the bill with one that "zeroes-out" the specific appropriation amounts passed by the Senate.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 48 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations except $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.

Received in the Senate

May 19, 2022

Failed in the Senate 0 to 34 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Received in the House

May 24, 2022