The Weekly Ledger

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New in the Ledgers

• California

  Statewide inmate visitation rights and visitor search limits: the Visitor Protections and Safety Act

  Corrections Ledger · January 1, 2027

• California

  CDCR Restricted Housing Unit and privilege group rules re-adopted as emergency regulations

  Corrections Ledger · October 9, 2026

• Idaho

  Temporary rule: in-service hours for misdemeanor probation officers; juvenile disciplines merged

  Officer Ledger · October 7, 2026

• Idaho

  Temporary rule: in-service hours for misdemeanor probation officers; juvenile disciplines merged

  Corrections Ledger · October 7, 2026

• Alabama

  Legislative study commission on the 2025 officer protections

  Officer Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Alabama

  No state fee for APOSTC background checks; ALEA may set up a rap back program

  Officer Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Alabama

  Biometrics at arrest: mugshot required, DNA and iris allowed, removal for cleared arrestees dropped

  Forensic Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Alabama

  Study commission on the 2025 officer protections, including correctional officer recruitment

  Corrections Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  No civil arrests at schools, hospitals, and other protected places without a judicial warrant

  Officer Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  Post-conviction DNA testing opened to people on probation or parole; denials made appealable

  Forensic Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  DNA samples due within six months; one-time study of uncollected DNA

  Forensic Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  Business use of facial recognition for security: own-database matching and entrance signs

  Forensic Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  Security officer license training waived for correction and parole officers

  Corrections Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Connecticut

  Sexual violence crisis hotline: free and confidential, without staff supervision or permission

  Corrections Ledger · October 1, 2026

• Tennessee

  POST rules: a point system for out-of-state officers, 488-hour multi-agency academies, and break-in-service rules

  Officer Ledger · September 24, 2026

• Ohio

  Jails and prisons must check the veteran status of everyone booked

  Corrections Ledger · September 23, 2026

• Arizona

  Employers may pay retention deposits into newer correctional officers’ retirement accounts

  Corrections Ledger · September 12, 2026

• Arizona

  Employer pays fees when a firing is twice found without just cause and the officer is not reinstated

  Corrections Ledger · September 12, 2026

• Arizona

  No retaliation against employees who testify in discipline appeals

  Corrections Ledger · September 12, 2026

• Arizona

  ADCRR may keep inmate medical records only electronically

  Corrections Ledger · September 12, 2026

• Mississippi

  Applicants with an other-than-honorable military discharge may appeal to the Board

  Officer Ledger · September 10, 2026

• Ohio

  Parole board hearings must be recorded; full board recordings become public records

  Corrections Ledger · September 7, 2026

• Massachusetts

  PROTECT Act: sheriffs’ departments may not hold people on immigration detainers alone; 287(g) agreements limited

  Corrections Ledger · September 4, 2026

• Mississippi

  BLEOST rules: administrative revocation on a felony charge, shorter break-in-service windows, and a wider residence area for reciprocity

  Officer Ledger · September 3, 2026

• Hawaii

  Post-conviction biological evidence retention narrowed; court procedure for early disposal added

  Forensic Ledger · September 1, 2026

• Ohio

  Community-based correctional facilities and halfway houses must help residents get state IDs before release

  Corrections Ledger · August 26, 2026

• Colorado

  Parole risk assessments get a quality review team and become criminal justice records

  Corrections Ledger · August 12, 2026

• Louisiana

  Peace officers must be U.S. citizens

  Officer Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Louisiana

  Post-conviction relief denied for a known claim not raised, even if the failure was excusable; grants stayed until final

  Forensic Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Louisiana

  Statewide tracking of unresolved CODIS hits, with an annual public report

  Forensic Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Louisiana

  Driver’s license hold for people who owe a required DNA sample

  Forensic Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Louisiana

  Police drone footage admitted by certificate unless the defense demands the operator

  Forensic Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Louisiana

  Peace officers, including jail custody deputies, must be U.S. citizens

  Corrections Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Minnesota

  All DOC substance use disorder programs, including in juvenile facilities, must meet chapter 245G standards; mental health units expanded

  Corrections Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Pennsylvania

  Parole supervision regulations move from the Parole Board to DOC

  Corrections Ledger · August 1, 2026

• Maine

  Agencies must publish their policies and officer conduct rules by 2027

  Officer Ledger · July 29, 2026

• Maine

  Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system; all sexual assault kits kept 20 years; kit inventory due

  Forensic Ledger · July 29, 2026

• Maine

  DNA records disclosed to a charged person under the criminal discovery rules

  Forensic Ledger · July 29, 2026

• Maine

  Jails need not hold people detained solely for civil immigration violations

  Corrections Ledger · July 29, 2026

• Maine

  Board of visitors vacancies: legislative leaders appoint if the Governor does not within 90 days; legislator access to facilities

  Corrections Ledger · July 29, 2026

Bills that moved

Bills in the current sessions whose title concerns a Ledger's subject and whose latest action fell in the week, from Bill Watch. Not reviewed by an editor; the legislature's page controls.

• Enacted

  PA SB1212: Further providing for definitions, for sexual assault evidence collection program, for rights of sexual assault victims and for report by Pennsylvania State Police.

  Forensic Ledger · last action October 22, 2026: Act No. 106 of 2026

• Introduced

  NJ A759: Requires AG to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and issue report with recommendations for Statewide policy.

  Forensic Ledger · last action October 19, 2026: Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

• Introduced

  NJ A4202: Requires collection of DNA sample for certain arrests.

  Forensic Ledger · last action October 19, 2026: Reported as an Assembly Committee Substitute and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

• Introduced

  NJ A5423: Prohibits using facial recognition technology as sole basis for establishing probable cause for arrest warrant.

  Forensic Ledger · last action October 19, 2026: Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

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