H.B. 230: Offender Amendments

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 24, 2026. This bill concerns provisions relating to offenders.

• Requires a county jail to assist certain county jail inmates in obtaining a current driver license or state-issued identification
• Requires a substance abuse treatment program to share the results of a participant's drug test with the participant's supervising probation or parole officer and other specified individuals under certain conditions
• Requires the Driver License Division to coordinate with a county jail in providing a county inmate with a driver license certificate or a temporary regular identification card
• Requires the Department of Corrections (department) to: identify and provide information and resources regarding post-incarceration housing; within 12 months after the day on which the department implements a digital communications program for inmates, provide a secure digital portal that will facilitate attorney-client communications and document exchanges between inmates and attorneys; and provide annual data to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice concerning the types of, and usage of, various incentives offered to inmates
• Requires the Division of Adult Probation and Parole to track and annually report information concerning the housing of offenders currently on parole
• Amends health information disclosure provisions for individuals who are on probation or parole

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Melissa G. Ballard