New State Prisons Bill Dies
Rickey StokesViewed: 1712
Posted by: RStokes
Date: May 05 2016 7:57 AM
Gov. Robert Bentley's plan to build new state prisons died tonight with the end of the legislative session.
The House of Representatives let the bill die after the Senate approved a revised version at about 10:50 p.m.
The plan initially called for borrowing up to $800 million to build three new men's prisons and a new women's prison to replace Julia Tutwiler Prison.
A conference committee scaled it back to two men's prisons, the women's prison and a total bond issue of up to $550 million tonight.
The Senate passed that version by a vote of 23-12.
That left enough time for it to pass the House before the session ended at midnight.
But the House did not take it up for a vote.
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