Waypoints

WE DID IT!!!!

Here are the bills that have made it through both houses and were signed by the Governor on January 18, 2010! Congratulations!! These bills are reflection of your collective voice:

1) Strengthening Women and Families Act: A4197 and S1347
• Lifts the felony drug ban on TANF and food stamps
• Establishes a commission to strengthen bonds between incarcerated parents and their children
• Prohibits confining female inmates to male institutions
• Requires classification assignments to place inmates in facilities close as possible to family