Brief Description: Authorizing counties and cities to contract for jail services with counties and cities in adjacent states.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Pridemore).

Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections
House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness

Background: State law establishes the requirements for contracting between cities and counties for jail services.

Summary: Cities or counties are permitted to contract with the authorities of adjacent cities or counties across state borders for jail services, in order to send prisoners convicted in the courts of this state to complete their terms of confinement in the jails of the adjacent cities or counties.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      44   0
House      92   2

Effective:   July 22, 2007