Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 632
Prohibits correctional officers from using physical restraints on pregnant offender when transported to or from correctional institution during third trimester of pregnancy or post-partum recovery except to prevent escape or injury.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Prohibits correctional officers from using physical restraints on pregnant offender when transported to or from correctional institution during third trimester of pregnancy or post-partum recovery except to prevent escape or injury. Requires written documentation of determination to use physical restraints. Prohibits presence of correctional officer during labor or childbirth of incarcerated pregnant offender, unless medical provider requests otherwise. Authorizes medical provider to request removal of physical restraints during labor and childbirth. Requires informational packet to be provided to correctional officers, incarcerated pregnant offenders, persons involved in transportation of incarcerated pregnant offenders and medical providers attending incarcerated pregnant offenders.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 8 to June 30, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateFeb 8 to Jun 30 · stopped142 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 8 to Feb 113 days
JudiciaryFeb 11 to Jun 30 · stopped139 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.