Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Diversion center incarceration program; placement of defendant with Department of Corrections. [HB-1205]
Diversion Center Incarceration Program. Allows a probation and parole officer to place a non re-offending defendant who scores incarceration on the probation violation guidelines and voluntarily agrees to participate, with the Department of Corrections to be evaluated for participation in the Diversion Center Incarceration Program, if approved by the court. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Melvin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0384) on 03/11/2008
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Emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment; criteria. [HB-1059]
Involuntary commitment; criteria. Changes the criteria for emergency custody orders, temporary detention orders, and involuntary commitment so that a person may be taken into emergency custody, placed under temporary detention, or involuntarily committed where it is found that (i) the person has a mental illness, and (ii) there exists a substantial likelihood that, as a result of that mental illness, the person will, in the near future, (a) cause serious physical harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior causing, attempting, or threatening
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kristen Amundson House: Incorporated By Courts Of Justice (hb559-bell) By Voice Vote on 01/25/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Regional jail authorities; capital costs. [HB-1039]
Regional jail authorities; capital costs. Allows the state to reimburse certain salary expenses related to the construction of a regional jail facility, if the new facility will supplement existing jails and will not result in the closure of any existing jails.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter House: Left In Appropriations on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Inmates; officer of correctional facility to inquire of alien status. [HB-1029]
Verification of citizen status. Requires that a jailer shall reasonably attempt to verify the citizen status of certain persons who have been arrested and who are confined in jail. The jailer is required to report any person determined to be in the United States illegally to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill provides further that the Department of Corrections shall issue guidelines for such verifications. The bill also requires the Virginia State Bar to investigate the practice of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Frederick House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Correctional facility; verification of citizenship and alien status of person committed. [HB-103]
Verification of citizenship and alien status of a person committed to a correctional facility. Clarifies the mandate that any person in charge of a correctional facility shall inquire as to the citizenship status of a person in his facility and to inquire of the Law Enforcement Support Center of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security as to the person's alien status, for purposes of reporting alien status to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.
Sponsored by: No sponsors House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Impact of requiring community services boards. [HJR-779]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails, including the benefits and costs of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services to inmates of jails in the Commonwealth and barriers to requiring community services boards to provide mental health services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky Holcomb
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; infectious disease presumption for correctional officers. [SB-1466]
Workers' compensation; infectious disease presumption; correctional officers. Provides that correctional officers are entitled to a presumption that hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, MRSA, or HIV causing the correctional officer's death or resulting in his total or partial disability is an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor (15-y 0-n) on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Probation violations; intermediate sanctions. [HB-2339]
Probation violations; intermediate sanctions. Authorizes a court to delegate the authority to impose an intermediate sanction on an offender who has violated any term or condition of his probation to a probation officer or a community-based probation officer. The bill authorizes a probation officer to commit such offender to a local or regional jail for a period of no more than five consecutive days, provided that (i) the probation officer's supervisor has approved the commitment of the offender, (ii) the probation officer has issued a noncompliance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (8-y 11-n) on 02/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prisoners; mental health screening at local correctional facilities. [SB-1442]
Mental health screening of inmates at local correctional facilities. Requires that the staff of a local correctional facility screen persons admitted to the facility for mental illness using a scientifically validated instrument designated by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill provides that if the screening indicates that a person may have a mental illness, an assessment of his need for mental services shall be conducted within 72 hours of the time of the screening by a qualified mental health professional,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates. [HB-2331]
Community services boards; preadmission screening; regional jail inmates. Provides that the duties of a community services board include reviewing any existing Memorandum of Understanding between the community services board and any other community services boards that serve the regional jail to ensure that such memorandum sets forth the roles and responsibilities of each community services board in the preadmission screening process, provides for communication and information sharing protocols between the community services boards, and provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0601) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; needs of older adults who are incarcerated. [SJR-296]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; needs of older adults who are incarcerated or are being released from prison; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to (i) study the unique needs of older adults who are incarcerated within Virginia's prison system or are being released back into the community, including needs related to community services and supports, housing, case management, health care, including mental health, and employment; (ii) identify and examine the effectiveness of all existing state programs, services, and supports
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Passed By Indefinitely In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Regional jails; reimbursement of capital costs of construction, etc., to locality. [SB-1313]
Reimbursement of capital costs; regional jails; regional contracts for cooperative jailing. Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, the Commonwealth shall reimburse a locality a maximum of one-fourth of the capital costs for any regional jail construction, enlargement, or renovation project that has been approved by the Governor on or after July 1, 2017, and specifically authorized in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0211) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prisoners; orders permitting to work on public works projects. [SB-1290]
Orders permitting prisoners to work on public works projects; sentencing. Provides that a circuit court or general district court judge may request any local governing body within the judicial circuit or district of such judge to establish prisoner workforces. The bill adds prisoner workforces to the list of authorized workplaces that a circuit court or general district court can order a prisoner to perform work and receive credit toward his sentence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benton Chafin
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rehabilitation And Social Services (13-y 0-n) on 01/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Restitution; supervised probation. [SB-1285]
Restitution; probation. Provides that for any offense that occurs on or after July 1, 2017, if restitution is ordered at the time of sentencing, the court shall place the defendant on an indefinite term of probation until all ordered restitution is paid in full. The bill requires that a probation agency ordered to monitor the restitution payments of a defendant placed on supervised probation notify the court and the attorney for the Commonwealth of the amount of unsatisfied restitution, if any, 30 days prior to the defendant's release from supervision.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/03/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law enforcement, local; fees for concealed handgun permits, courthouse and courtroom security. [SB-1422]
Local law enforcement; fees for concealed handgun permits; courthouse and courtroom security; assessment. Eliminates (i) the fee, under current law up to $35, that a local law-enforcement agency is permitted to charge for conducting the background investigation for a concealed handgun permit and (ii) the requirement that the local law-enforcement agency forward to the State Police any amount assessed by the FBI for providing criminal history record information in the background investigation. The bill makes discretionary the current mandatory fee
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17104411d-s1 on 01/18/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes. [HJR-720]
Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; placement of group homes, residential care facilities, and detention centers; report. Requests the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to (i) identify and make recommendations for the content and timing of notices that should be given prior to locating a group home, residential care facility, or detention center; (ii) make recommendations for improvements to public hearings that are required when a person seeks to establish a group home, residential care facility,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Pogge
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Parole Board; creates Parole Qualifications Committee to receive and review applications. [HB-2224]
Parole Board; appointment; terms. Creates the Parole Qualifications Committee to receive and review applications for vacancies on the Parole Board. The bill requires the Committee to provide a nonbinding recommendation list of three eligible candidates to the Governor and requires that eligible candidates, other than a crime victim who may be appointed by the Governor pursuant to current law, for the Parole Board have (i) a law degree or a degree from an accredited university or college with a major in criminology, corrections, or a related social
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Jail inmates; costs of medical treatment. [SB-1146]
Costs of medical treatment; jail inmates. Provides that no sheriff or jail superintendent or locality is responsible for payment of the cost of medical treatment of an inmate's preexisting condition. Under current law, the sheriff, jail superintendent, or locality is responsible for payment of the cost of medical treatment for such inmate's preexisting condition if that condition is a communicable disease, serious medical need, or life-threatening condition. The bill provides that adequate medical treatment shall not be withheld due to an inmate's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (15-y 0-n) on 01/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Inmates; inpatient psychiatric hospital admission. [HB-2184]
Evaluation of inmate; inpatient psychiatric hospital admission. Requires that if the person having custody of an inmate of a local correctional facility files a petition for inpatient psychiatric hospital admission of the inmate, the person having custody shall ensure that the appropriate community services board or behavioral health authority is advised of the need for a preadmission screening. The bill further requires the person having custody of the inmate to contact the director or other senior management at the community services board or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky Holcomb
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0463) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Juvenile offenders; parole eligibility. [SB-1152]
Juvenile offenders; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 25 years of such sentence, or any person who has active sentences that total more than 25 years for a single or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served at least 25 years of such sentences, shall be eligible for parole.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017