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AB727 • 2025
inmate access to the outdoors
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inmate access to the outdoors Status: A - Corrections
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Fiscal estimate received
Introduced by Representatives Madison , Clancy , Hong , Arney , Phelps , Tenorio , Bare , Joers , Miresse , Moore Omokunde , Palmeri , Prado , Sinicki , Stroud , Stubbs , Taylor and Udell ; cosponsored by Senators Larson and Roys
Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections
inmate access to the outdoors Status: A - Corrections
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