Providing an exception to restrictions on prison-made housing units to allow the secretary of corrections to establish a program for delivering such units into designated areas.

HB 2328 creates an exception to Kansas' existing law prohibiting prison-made housing units from competing with private home manufacturers. It allows the Secretary of Corrections to establish a program delivering inmate-built housing units to designated communities experiencing minimal home construction or improvements despite local incentives. The program must be developed with community input, and the Secretary must submit a detailed 10-year report evaluating housing impacts, effects on private manufacturers, inmate employment outcomes after release, and cost reimbursements. This directly affects the Secretary of Corrections, designated communities with housing shortages, and incarcerated individuals participating in the vocational building program.