inmate telephone system service contracts.

Plain English Breakdown

The official status shows the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date is listed in the provided metadata or text excerpt.

SB1775: Rules for Inmate Phone Service Contracts

This law stops the state prison system from signing phone contracts that let it receive more money than its reasonable operating costs.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new rule to Arizona laws about inmate telephone services.
• Prohibits contracts where the Department of Corrections receives revenue beyond its reasonable operating cost for establishing and administering the service.
• Bans contract terms like commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses, inflated rent payments, or supplying unrelated technology.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona State Department of Corrections
• Companies providing inmate telephone system services

Terms To Know

Department

The State Department of Corrections.

Reasonable operating cost

The cost for establishing and administering the inmate telephone system services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not define exactly what counts as a reasonable operating cost.
• The text provided does not state when this law will officially take effect.
• It is unclear if these rules apply to contracts already signed before the new section was added.

Official Summary Text

SB1775 - inmate telephone system service contracts.

Current Bill Text

SB1775 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
inmate telephone system service contracts.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1775

Introduced by

Senator
Gonzales

AN
ACT

amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1604.21; relating to the
state department of corrections.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 11, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1604.21, to read:

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41-1604.21.

Inmate telephone system service contracts; prohibited terms

The department may not enter into a contract or
agreement for inmate telephone system services that Allows the department to
accept or receive revenue in excess of the department's reasonable operating
cost for establishing and administering the inmate telephone system services
, including a contract or agreement that Allows
commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses,
inflated rent payments or the supplying of technologies that are unrelated to
the actual telephone service.
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