HB1953

To Provide for a Surcharge to Be Assessed on Inmate Phone Calls to Offset the Costs of Security Needs Associated with Inmate Communications.

Torres · 2025 Regular Session · Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

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TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE COMMUNICATIONS.

Said about this bill

3 mentions · 5 meetings · 2 named speakers

Judiciary Committee- House

April 15, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE…”

Agenda items (1)

HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE

Judiciary Committee- House

April 10, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE…”

Agenda items (1)

HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE COMMUNICATIONS.

Judiciary Committee- House

April 8, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “…COMMUNITY CORRECTION CENTERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE…”

Agenda items (1)

HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE COMMUNICATIONS.

Judiciary Committee- House

April 8, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “…COMMUNITY CORRECTION CENTERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE…”

Agenda items (1)

HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE COMMUNICATIONS.

Judiciary Committee- House

April 3, 2025 · Judiciary Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE…”

Members, if you will turn to House Bill 1953. House Bill 1953. Good morning,

Chair (Representative Carol Dalby) · 59:25 in the video

House Bill 1953. Good morning, Madam Chair. Thank you, members. Uh, Randy Torres, state representative, District 17, Solemn Springs. If, if I could, Madam Chair, could I have Miss Tawny Roll with

Representative Randy Torres · 59:36 in the video

House Bill 1953 is a very simple bill, and this will be pretty quick. This bill proposes adding an extra fee, a surcharge, to phone and video calls made by inmates in Arkansas state prisons and county jails. The money collected from this fe...

Representative Randy Torres · 1:00:11 in the video

Agenda items (1)

HB1953 Torres TO PROVIDE FOR A SURCHARGE TO BE ASSESSED ON INMATE PHONE CALLS TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF SECURITY NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH INMATE COMMUNICATIONS.

Documents (5)

Agenda — JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 15, 2025 · April 15, 2025
Agenda — JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 10, 2025 · April 10, 2025
Agenda — JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 8, 2025 · April 8, 2025
Agenda — JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 8, 2025 · April 8, 2025
Agenda — JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 3, 2025 · April 3, 2025

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