Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, report. [SB-994]
Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by a Corrections Oversight Committee, also created by the bill. The Committee is made up of four members of the General Assembly and 11 nonlegislative citizen members who monitor the activities of the Ombudsman and the Department of Corrections. The bill provides the Office's authority to conduct inspections at least once every three years and more often when warranted of Department or Board
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Tabled In Appropriations (11-y 10-n) on 02/13/2023
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Enhanced earned sentence credits; firearm-related offense, felony conviction during confinement. [HB-1603]
Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of a felony offense involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and reduces enhanced earned sentence credit to zero for a person who receives a felony conviction for an offense that occurred during confinement. Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of a felony offense involving a firearm
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/15/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Parole statutes; application for juveniles and persons committed upon certain felony offenses. [SB-917]
Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole for persons who were previously ineligible for parole because parole was abolished and to allow for an extension of time for the scheduling of a parole interview for reasonable cause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (8-y 7-n) on 01/30/2023
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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
Imprisonment; consecutive terms. [SB-888]
Consecutive terms of imprisonment. Eliminates the required imposition of mandatory consecutive sentences of imprisonment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/22/2023
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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
Grievance Procedure Manual; employees of the Dept. of Corrections and Dept. of Juvenile Justice. [HB-1536]
Department of Human Resource Management; Grievance Procedure Manual. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to update the Grievance Procedure Manual to require the Office of Equal Employment and Dispute Resolution to review and issue a written decision when a party is noncompliant with any of the requirements of the grievance procedure. Department of Human Resource Management; Grievance Procedure Manual. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to update the Grievance Procedure Manual to require the Office of Equal Employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Clinton Jenkins
Vote: Override (44-y 51-n) on 04/12/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created. [HB-1524]
Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding and supporting the planning and implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails. The bill has a delayed effective date of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0649) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. [HB-1458]
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (9-y 5-n) on 02/17/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; increases membership. [SB-797]
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; membership. Increases from nine members to 11 members the State Board of Local and Regional Jails by requiring (i) the appointment of both a former sheriff and a former superintendent of a regional jail facility where current law requires appointment of only one former sheriff or one former warden, superintendent, administrator, or operations manager of a state or local correctional facility and (ii) the appointment of an additional member who is employed by a public mental health services agency with training
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0658) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration. [SB-165]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails to be compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons as provided for in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Parole statutes; application for juveniles and persons committed upon certain felony offenses. [SB-112]
Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole for persons who were previously ineligible for parole because parole was abolished and to allow for an extension of time for the scheduling of a parole interview for reasonable cause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In Judiciary on 11/21/2022
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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 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Parole Board; increases membership, records, monthly report. [SB-135]
Virginia Parole Board; membership; records; report. Increases from five to 11 the number of members to be appointed to the Virginia Parole Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to (i) include in its monthly report regarding actions taken by the Board on the parole of prisoners the number of votes in favor of granting or denying parole of each prisoner and (ii) ensure that any records, reports, or other documents used to determine a person's suitability for parole be made available for review by such person or his counsel pursuant to Board
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Left In Rehabilitation And Social Services on 11/21/2022
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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
Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. [SB-680]
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that would prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 7-n) on 02/04/2022
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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
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration, effective date. [SB-767]
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who is convicted of a felony and sentenced to a period of incarceration for such felony conviction is not entitled to register to vote or to vote for the duration of the period of incarceration, but that he is to be invested with all political rights lost as a result of the felony conviction upon release from incarceration and is thereafter entitled to register to vote. The bill requires the Department of Corrections
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In Privileges And Elections on 03/08/2022
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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
Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence. [SB-745]
Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2021, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2022, shall receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. The bill also provides that a person is eligible to be considered for parole if such person was convicted of a felony conviction, except for an act of violence, and had such felony conviction sentence enhanced because
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Failed To Report (defeated) In Appropriations (10-y 12-n) on 03/07/2022