Correctional facilities, local; collection of fees and costs. [SB-1421]
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Local correctional facilities; collection of fees and costs. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents to enter into installment payment agreements with prisoners for the payment, after release, of costs and fees owed for the prisoner's keep. The bill also allows the enforcement of such payment agreements through driver's license suspension. The bill allows the sheriffs and jail superintendents to use private attorneys and collection agencies to collect fees and costs due them.
SB-1421: Correctional facilities, local; collection of fees and costs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick Quayle
Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (14-y 0-n) on 01/28/2011
Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses. [SB-1287]
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[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses. Provides that a sheriff or jail superintendent may seek payment from the local governing body of the city or county, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail for the cost of food, clothing, and medicines for inmates, and the local governing body of the county or city, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail shall be responsible for the payment of such costs.
SB-1287: Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeffrey McWaters
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0727) on 03/26/2011
Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time. [SB-1267]
[Crime ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; penalties. Decreases from 3,000 packs to 500 packs the threshold possession amount of contraband cigarettes that triggers a mandatory jail time. Currently, if an offender is found guilty of possessing 3,000 or more packages of contraband cigarettes, the sentence of such person includes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 90 days. The bill also changes the felony threshold amount from 3,000 unstamped packs to 500 packs, to mirror the levels set out in the definition for "contraband cigarettes" in the federal
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SB-1267: Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Martin
Senate: Left In Finance on 02/08/2011
Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus. [SB-1258]
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[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Corrections facilities. Requires the Department of Corrections to offer to test an inmate who does not have a record of a positive test result for infection with human immunodeficiency virus within 60 days of his scheduled discharge. Prior to administering the test, the Department shall inform the inmate of the purpose of the test. An inmate may decline being tested.
SB-1258: Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0415) on 03/23/2011
Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use. [SB-1227]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Jails; electronic visitation and messaging. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents who operate correctional facilities to charge a fee for the use of an electronic visitation system or electronic messaging system. The fee may not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating the system and the proceeds are to be used only to offset those costs.
SB-1227: Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0532) on 03/25/2011
Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department. [SB-1170]
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[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Release of persons from commitment on parole supervision. Changes the time during which the court services unity shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of a person released from the Department of Juvenile Justice to a locality from four weeks to 90 days prior to the date on which the person is released, and provides that during that time the court services unit and the local department of social services shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department's
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SB-1170: Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0442) on 03/24/2011
Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties. [SB-1001]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Powers of the State Board of Corrections. Repeals the Board's authority to (1) ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local level; (2) review and comment on all applications for federal funds and all budget and appropriations requests for the Department of Corrections prior to submission to the Governor; and (3) monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing standards and goals of the Board. The bill also repeals the power of the Board to authorize
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SB-1001: Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Watkins
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0375) on 03/22/2011
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals. [HB-483]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel. Provides for the appointment of an attorney to assist individuals confined in a juvenile correctional center regarding any legal matter relating to their incarceration.
HB-483: Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mamye BaCote
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates. [HB-2435]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
DOC; elimination of agency mandates. Directs the Department of Corrections to eliminate mandates related to contract inmate classification reporting requirements imposed on localities.
HB-2435: Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Habeeb
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0277) on 03/18/2011
Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner. [HB-2298]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Marijuana possession by prisoner. Reduces the penalty for possession of marijuana by a prisoner from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony, the same punishment as is currently imposed for possession of a firearm or a knife by a prisoner or for setting off an explosive device in a prison.
HB-2298: Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Englin
House: Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/08/2011
Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive. [HB-2284]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
Jail processing fee. Allows a locality to divide the fees collected post-conviction proportionately between a police department and the sheriff's department if costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting services. Currently, the fee may go only to sheriff's offices and regional jails.
HB-2284: Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew James
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0664) on 03/26/2011
Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department. [HB-2276]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole. Requires the court services unit to consult with the local department of social services 60 days prior to a person's release from the Department of Juvenile Justice's commitment on parole supervision about the return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person. Under current law, the court services unit shall make such consultation four weeks prior to such person's release.
HB-2276: Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
House: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice (hb2036-peace) By Voice Vote on 01/31/2011
Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor. [HB-2225]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Department of Corrections; inmate trust accounts. Requires the Department of Corrections to establish for each inmate a personal trust account consisting of 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source until the account has a balance of $1,000. Funds in an inmate's personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole or final discharge.
HB-2225: Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0260) on 03/18/2011
Income tax, state; deduction for certain volunteer services. [HB-2127]
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[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Income tax; deduction for certain volunteer services. Allows a deduction of $1,500 when determining Virginia taxable income for professional services provided by mental health professionals and educators who volunteer with inmate programs in the Departments of Corrections, Correctional Education or Social Services, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.
HB-2127: Income tax, state; deduction for certain volunteer services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
House: Left In Finance on 02/08/2011