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📌 Bill on Today�

📌 Bill on Today’s Agenda: HB0020S01 — Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments
Committee: Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice (3:40 PM, Room 210)
https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp/…

🧾 What this bill does (plain language)

HB0020S01 creates a new state fund called the Corrections Facility Expansion Restricted Account. The bill lays out what money goes into the account and what it can be used for.

🔍 What would go into the account

The account could include:
• Certain funds tied to new legislation impacting Department of Corrections capital facility costs
• Certain one-time “savings” connected to delayed fiscal impacts (for example, impacts that would have happened sooner but are pushed later)
• Any additional money the Legislature places into the account
• Interest earnings on the account

🏗️ What the money could be used for

The bill limits spending from this account to expanding, constructing, or improving state correctional facilities (i.e., physical facility capacity projects).

👪 Why UPAN families may care

Facility expansion decisions can have real ripple effects for:
• Where people are housed (distance from family)
• Overcrowding and safety conditions
• Whether the state prioritizes capacity expansion alongside (or instead of) treatment, reentry support, and staffing needs

⚖️ Potential perspectives (educational, nonpartisan)

Possible reasons someone might support it:
• Creates a dedicated, transparent bucket for capital-facility funding
• Helps plan long-term facility costs without “mixing” funds

Possible concerns someone might raise:
• Could be seen as reinforcing a long-term strategy of building/expanding capacity
• Doesn’t directly address whether staffing, healthcare, or programming scale with population

🗣️ How to show up / participate
• Watch or join via the committee page:
https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp/…
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🚨 TODAY — Commi

🚨 TODAY — Committee Hearing (UPAN Tracked Bills)

The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice Committee is meeting today (Mon, Feb. 9) at 3:40 PM in Room 210 (Senate Building).

🧭 Committee page (livestream + virtual participation info):
https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp/…

📌 UPAN-tracked bills scheduled on today’s agenda:
• HB0020S01 — Correctional Facility Capacity Amendments
• HB0024S02 — Criminal Penalty Amendments
• HB0186S01 — Judicial Conduct Commission Amendments

👥 How to participate (even on short notice):
• You can watch live online via the committee page.
• If virtual participation is enabled, you may be asked to submit your name/email, and keep your camera on to participate.
• Public comment is typically at the chair’s discretion, so it helps to be ready with a short, respectful statement.

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The Utah Prisoner Advocate Network (UPAN) is dedicated to supporting families and loved ones as they navigate the challenging journey of incarceration. When a friend or family member is incarcerated, it can be an overwhelming experience, as supporters face the complex rules, regulations, and restrictions of life separated by bars. UPAN works to make this transition less complicated and isolating by providing resources and support for families while also advocating for better conditions and fairness within Utah’s correctional facilities. Please visit our About Page to learn more.

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