Email or call your Senator and urge that he or she vote YES on SB 366 - Infectious Disease Elimination Programs at the Senate Appropriations Committee meeting this Thursday, 03/28/19, 9:00 am.
SB 366 Infectious Disease Elimination Programs The pilot program has proven effective in reducing opioid deaths and overdoses. Clean needle and syringe exchanges can also prevent the transmission of HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis and other blood-borne diseases among intravenous drug users.
Include your name and address or Zip Code so your legislator knows you are a constituent.
If you are a constituent of Appropriations Committee Chair, Rob Bradley, ask him to place the following bills on the agenda for the next Appropriations Committee meeting. Otherwise, ask your Senator to urge the Chair to place these bills on his next committee agenda.
SB 332 Incarcerated Women Requires correctional facilities to provide incarcerated women with key health care products for free and sets new requirements for male correctional employees to protect the dignity of female prisoners. Removes economic barriers to care which disproportionately affects low income people and people of color.
SB 338 Extension of Confinement Allows an inmate to participate in supervised community release. Reduces recidivism and facilitates re-entry into society.
SB 346 Conditional Medical Release Expands eligibility for conditional medical release to ease suffering and provide compassionate end of life care.
SB 406 Theft The prison population has exploded and millions of dollars are spent to incarcerate people for nonviolent offenses. Since 2000, at least 37 states have raised their felony theft thresholds above which prosecutors may charge theft offenses as felonies, rather than misdemeanors. Lawmakers have made these changes to prioritize costly prison space for more serious offenders and ensure that value-based penalties take inflation into account. States that increased their thresholds reported roughly the same average decrease in crime as the 22 states that did not change their theft laws.
SB 540 Human Trafficking Requires training for hotel employees to spot victims of trafficking. Establishes a direct support organization for trafficking survivors, a new curriculum for law enforcement to address human trafficking and a registry for those who have solicited prostitutes.
SB 782 Youthful Offenders Allows a court to sentence as a youthful offender a person who is charged with committing a felony before the person turned 21 years of age. Provides facilities, programs and opportunities for rehabilitation.
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