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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. [SB-1282]
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Provides that in the program established by a court to provide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work, work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as work performed for a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage, is added as an option for earning such credits during imprisonment at a state, local,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2023
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Correctional facilities, local & regional; prov. of medical services. [SB-1379]
Local and regional correctional facilities; provision of medical services; waiver of sovereign immunity. Waives sovereign immunity for health care providers employed by localities or by local or regional correctional facilities to provide medical services to prisoners for a claim of wrongful death or injury resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of such medical services. This bill is in response to Patterson v. City of Danville, 875 Va. S.E.2d 65 (2022).
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Read Second Time on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. [HB-2159]
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work or work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as any work done on or after July 1, 2020, by a person confined in any penal or corrective institution of the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions who is paid a wage
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; fees, report. [HB-2039]
Local correctional facilities; fees; report. Eliminates or caps certain fees charged to inmates in local correctional facilities and repeals provisions that allow a sheriff or jail superintendent to establish a deferred or installment payment agreement or contract with a collections agency when an inmate is unable to pay fees owed to the local correctional facility. The bill establishes the manner in which the balance of all accounts maintained for an inmate's use must be transferred to the inmate upon release.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty. [HB-2020]
Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities; penalty. Prohibits any unmanned aircraft system from (i) dropping any item within the boundaries of or (ii) obtaining any videographic or still image of any identifiable inmate or resident at any state or local correctional facility or juvenile correctional center without consent or authorization. A violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0024) on 03/16/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
State correctional facility; mandatory reporting of all offenders released. [SB-1022]
Mandatory reporting of all offenders released from a state correctional facility before the completion of the offender's sentence. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide the Virginia State Crime Commission with the name, last known address, criminal history information, length of sentence incarcerated, reason for early release, and remaining time on such length of sentence for each offender in the custody of the Department. The bill requires the Commission to publish the names of such offenders along with the reason for early release
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Chemical restraints; work group to study use in correctional facilities. [HB-1849]
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; work group to study the use of chemical restraints in correctional facilities; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group to study the use of chemical restraints in state and local correctional facilities, including the use of such restraints by third-party health providers. The bill provides that the work group shall report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Rules on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
State correctional facility; unauthorized dissemination of photographic image from security camera. [SB-1128]
Unauthorized dissemination of photographic or digital images from a security camera in a state correctional facility; penalty. Provides that any person who retrieves photographic, motion picture, or other digital images captured or recorded by a security camera or other device used for surveillance or security purposes at a state correctional facility and disseminates such images, without the permission of the Director of the Department of Corrections or his designee, to another person who is not employed by the Department of Corrections is guilty
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rehabilitation And Social Services (13-y 0-n) on 01/20/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty. [SB-1073]
Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities; penalty. Prohibits any unmanned aircraft system from (i) dropping any item within the boundaries of or (ii) obtaining any videographic or still image of any identifiable inmate or resident at any state or local correctional facility or juvenile correctional center without consent or authorization. A violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0025) on 03/16/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-1654]
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing. [SB-887]
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing. Prohibits the use of restorative housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that an incarcerated person who has been placed in restorative housing be offered a minimum of four hours of out-of-cell programmatic interventions or other congregate activities per day aimed at promoting personal development or addressing underlying causes of problematic behavior. The bill also requires the facility administrator to have a defined
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0393) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; fees, report. [SB-889]
Local correctional facilities; fees; report. Eliminates or caps certain fees charged to inmates in local correctional facilities and repeals provisions that allow a sheriff or jail superintendent to establish a deferred or installment payment agreement or contract with a collections agency when an inmate is unable to pay fees owed to the local correctional facility. The bill establishes the manner in which the balance of all accounts maintained for an inmate's use must be transferred to the inmate upon release. The bill directs the State Board of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 5-n) on 02/01/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers, etc. [HB-683]
Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Prohibits any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using a canine to extract a prisoner or juvenile from his cell unless there is a threat of death or serious bodily injury to the prisoner or juvenile, other prisoners or juveniles, or any officer or employee of the facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Public Safety on 11/22/2022
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Virginia 2022 Special I
Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees associated with inmates. [HB-1053]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in local or regional correctional facilities, including fees related to the costs of an inmate's keep, work release, or participation in educational or rehabilitative programs; telephone services; commissaries; and electronic visitation systems. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0013) on 08/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facility; intentionally covering, removing, etc., a security camera, penalty. [SB-700]
Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty. Provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera, as defined in the bill, without the permission of the sheriff, jail superintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera with the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0674) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; entry privileges. [SB-673]
Local correctional facilities; entry privileges. Authorizes the Governor and members of the General Assembly to enter the interior of any local correctional facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0277) on 04/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Local correctional facilities, etc.; transfer of individuals in need of behavioral health services. [HB-1341]
Local correctional facilities and lock-ups; transfer of individuals in need of behavioral health or developmental services. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to establish minimum standards for identification and care of individuals with developmental disabilities in local correctional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, including requirements for (i) developmental disabilities screening of individuals committed to local correctional facilities, (ii) referral of individuals committed to local
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facility; intentionally covering, removing, etc., a security camera, penalty. [HB-1332]
Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty. Provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera, as defined in the bill, without the permission of the sheriff, jail superintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera with the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Greenhalgh
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0673) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement. [HB-1291]
Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions. Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoner or juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile, for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or more per day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
SNAP benefits; waiver to allow inmates of correctional facilities to apply prior to release. [HB-1270]
SNAP benefits program; inmates of state or local correctional facilities. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to convene a work group to analyze and develop a proposal to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow individuals in the custody of state or local correctional facilities in the Commonwealth to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits prior to release from custody. The bill directs the Department to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/27/2022