State Sen. Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix) | AZLeg.gov
State Sen. Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix) | AZLeg.gov
Senate Bill 1629, sponsored by Arizona State Senator Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix), was signed into law on April 1, 2024.
The bill requires the Ombudsman-Citizens Aide and the Director of the Department of Corrections (DOC) “to produce annual reports with specified information on corrections facilities, staff and inmates.”
The reports from both the Citizens Aide, which will contain details of all reports filed against the DOC, and from the director of the DOC, which will contain details of visits, confrontations, complaints, and other issues, are both due by Dec. 31 each year.
Bolick has represented Arizona’s 2nd State Senate District since August 2023, when she was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Advisors to fill the seat vacated by retiring State Sen. Steve Kaiser (R-Phoenix).
She previously represented District 20 in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. Bolick also served on the Arizona State Board of Education’s Academic Standards Development Committee and was appointed to Arizona’s Early Childhood Education and Health Board by former Gov. Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.)
Bolick attended Syracuse University and received a master’s degree from American University.
A native of Pittsburgh, Penn., Bolick lives in Phoenix with her husband.
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