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PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation
(C) Carried over from 2006 Session (CD) Carried over from 2006 session but died in committee on or before December 8th


Child support; court shall recalculate obligation of an obligor who is incarcerated. Amending §§ 20-108.1, 20-108.2, 53.1-41, 63.2-1921, 63.2-1952, and 63.2-1960; adding § 63.2-1961. (Patron-BaCote, HB 3163 (F))
Child support; court shall recalculate obligation of an obligor who is incarcerated. Amending §§ 20-108.1, 20-108.2, 63.2-1921, 63.2-1952, and 63.2-1960; adding § 63.2-1961. (Patron-Ticer, SB 937 (F))
Child support; probation for nonpayment. Amending §§ 16.1-278.16, 16.1-292, and 20-115. (Patron-Marsden, HB 2658 (F))
Child-friendly visiting rooms; state and local correctional facilities required to provide. Adding § 53.1-5.2. (Patron-Englin, HB 2745 (F); Miller, SB 618 (CD); Miller, SB 773 (F))
Child-friendly visiting rooms; state correctional facilities required to provide. Adding § 53.1-25.2. (Patron-Miller, SB 754 (F))
Community-based corrections programs; credit toward completion of community service. Amending §§ 19.2-316.1, 19.2-316.2, and 19.2-316.3. (Patron-Puckett, SB 1221 (F))
Contracts; Director of Corrections authorized to approve or deny for provision of community-based residential services. Amending § 53.1-10. (Patron-Obenshain, SB 1378 (Chapter 392))
Correctional Education, Department of; literacy program. Amending § 22.1-344.1. (Patron-Reid, HB 2627 (Chapter 71))
Correctional facilities, local; changes time and manner of payment thereto by Compensation Board. Amending § 53.1-85. (Patron-McEachin, HB 2872 (F))
Corrections Private Management Act; adds entities that provide corrections services to federal inmates to definition of prison contractor. Amending §§ 53.1-261 and 53.1-263. (Patron-Stolle, SB 1385 (Chapter 394))
Courthouse security; increases costs in each criminal or traffic case in district or circuit courts. Amending § 53.1-120. (Patron-Bowling, HB 2918 (F); Puckett, SB 1082 (Chapter 377))
Courthouse security; training of officers providing. Amending §§ 9.1-102 and 53.1-120. (Patron-Newman, SB 1308 (F))
Deputies; shall be increased by Compensation Board for each 750 population in a correctional facility. Amending § 15.2-1609.1. (Patron-Wittman, HB 1856 (F))
DNA analysis; probation officer shall review Local Inmate Data System and report identity of offender required to submit samples therefor. Amending §§ 9.1-176.1, 16.1-237, 16.1-299.1, 19.2-303, 19.2-303.3, 19.2-310.2, and 53.1-145. (Patron-Bell, HB 3034 (Chapter 528))
Drug and alcohol treatment pilot program; local or regional jail may establish for inmates. (Patron-McDougle, SB 1069 (Chapter 564))
Drunk driving; mandatory minimum jail time for third offense. Amending § 18.2-270. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 2329 (F))
Education expenses; requires Department of Juvenile Justice to pay for any juvenile placed in residential correctional facility. Amending § 66-15. (Patron-Saxman, HB 548 (CD))
Freedom of Information Act; exemption for persons designated to carry out execution. Amending §§ 2.2-3705.7, 53.1-233, and 53.1-234. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 2418 (Chapter 652); Norment, SB 1295 (Chapter 737))
Good conduct allowances; available in four class levels and mandatory functional literacy requirement created. Amending § 22.1-344.1; adding §§ 53.1-202.5 and 53.1-202.6. (Patron-Marsh, SB 1287 (I) See SB834)
Illegal immigration; verify citizenship status of persons in jail. Adding § 19.2-83.2. (Patron-Frederick, HB 2448 (F))
Immigration; powers of law-enforcement officers by agreement with Department of Homeland Security. Amending §§ 15.2-530, 15.2-1704, 15.2-1726, and 52-8; adding § 53.1-21.1. (Patron-Rust, HB 2926 (F); O’Brien, SB 1045 (F))
Incarcerated persons; access to online GED courses thereby. Amending § 22.1-343. (Patron-McClellan, HB 3191 (Chapter 142))
Incarcerated persons; Department of Correctional Education to develop programs for online courses therefor. Amending § 22.1-343. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 2041 (Chapter 63))
Incarcerated persons; develop accessibility to higher education using videoconferencing technology therefor. Amending § 22.1-343. (Patron-Quayle, SB 953 (Chapter 149))
Incarcerated persons; joint subcommittee to study accessibility of education programs and higher education opportunities. (Patron-Quayle, SJR 363 (I) See SJR327)
Incarceration and Reentry, Commission on; created, report. Amending § 2.2-2101; adding §§ 2.2-2530 through 2.2-2534. (Patron-Quayle, SB 949 (F))
Inmate telecommunications systems; State Corporation Commission to regulate charges therefor. Amending §§ 53.1-1.1 and 56-234; adding § 53.1-1.2. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1632 (F))
Insurance; supplemental liability coverage for sheriff’s departments and regional jails. Amending § 2.2-1839. (Patron-Howell, SB 971 (Chapter 773))
Jail farms; may be used to hold or confine person who could be held in county or city jail. Amending § 53.1-96. (Patron-Rapp, HB 1932 (Chapter 106); Norment, SB 1016 (Chapter 95))
Law Officers’ Retirement System; adds certain maintenance workers as members thereof. Amending § 51.1-212. (Patron-Deeds, SB 889 (F))
Local community-based probation services; makes numerous technical changes throughout the Code. Amending §§ 2.2-3706, 2.2-3711, 4.1-305, 9.1-173 through 9.1-183, 9.1-185.4, 9.1-186.4, 16.1-305, 18.2-55, 18.2-57.3, 18.2-64.2, 18.2-67.4, 18.2-251, 18.2-251.01, 18.2-252, 18.2-254, 18.2-254.1, 19.2-80.2, 19.2-152.2 through 19.2-152.7, 19.2-299.2, 19.2-303.3, 19.2-389.1, 19.2-390.01, and 30-19.1:4. (Patron-Moran, HB 2858 (Chapter 133))
Medical Examiner’s reports; shall be confidential except concerning death of prisoner committed in local correctional facility. Amending §§ 32.1-283 and 32.1-283.4. (Patron-Nixon, HB 2393 (Chapter 868))
Pardons, Commutations, Reprieves and Other Forms of Clemency; List of. (SD 2)
Parole; basis for denial thereof. Amending § 53.1-155. (Patron-Reid, HB 2633 (F))
Parole Guidelines Review Panel; established, report. Amending §§ 53.1-136, 53.1-151, 53.1-154, and 53.1-159; adding §§ 53.1-135.1 and 53.1-153.1. (Patron-Ticer, SB 249 (CD))
Parole Guidelines Review Panel; established, report. Amending §§ 53.1-136, 53.1-151, 53.1-154, and 53.1-159; adding § 53.1-151.1. (Patron-BaCote, HB 3174 (F))
Persons under disability; shall not include an incarcerated person. Amending § 53.1-221. (Patron-Jones, S.C., HB 2647 (Chapter 508))
Prisoner Reentry Fund; created. Amending §§ 53.1-1.1 and 56-234; adding § 53.1-1.2. (Patron-Puckett, SB 1080 (F))
Prisoner Reentry to Society, Joint Subcommittee Studying Program for; continued. (Patron-Welch, HJR 652 (P); Puller, SJR 327 (P))
Prisoners; create a system for identifying prisoners with learning disabilities. Amending § 22.1-344.1. (Patron-Reid, HB 2625 (Chapter 125))
Prisoners; payment for health care costs by local and state correctional facilities. Adding § 53.1-133.01:2. (Patron-Hamilton, HB 2034 (F))
Prisoners; provides good conduct allowance therefor depending on their performance and behavior. Adding § 53.1-202.5. (Patron-Marsh, SB 105 (CD))
Prisoners; requires physical examination for ability to work. Amending § 53.1-33. (Patron-Devolites Davis, SB 836 (Chapter 591))
Probation and suspended sentence; violations thereof considered misdemeanor charge. Amending §§ 18.2-479 and 19.2-306. (Patron-Hurt, HB 2756 (F))
Public Building Authority; authorized to issue bonds for prison construction in Mt. Rogers Planning District. (Patron-Wampler, SB 914 (F))
Public officials and private volunteers; provides civil immunity from lawsuit by probationers who are assigned recycling duties. Amending § 8.01-226.8. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1787 (Chapter 182))
Regional jails; allows state and city to partner and operate same as local governing body. Amending §§ 53.1-105, 53.1-106, 53.1-106.1, 53.1-107, and 53.1-112. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2512 (F))
Rehabilitative programs; rate at which sentence credits may be earned. Amending § 53.1-202.2; adding § 53.1-202.5. (Patron-Devolites Davis, SB 834 (F))
Secure juvenile facility or detention home; punishment for certain offenses committed within. Amending § 18.2-477.2. (Patron-Phillips, HB 2890 (Chapter 521))
Sex Offender Registry; revocation of probation or parole if person is convicted of failure to register. Amending §§ 9.1-902 and 18.2-472.1. (Patron-Shannon, HB 2571 (F))
Sexually violent predators; Department of Corrections and Attorney General to examine feasibility of treatment and housing for conditional release thereof. Adding § 37.2-921. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1203 (V))
Southampton County Jail Farm; Board of Corrections to convey to Southampton County for use by sheriff’s office. (Patron-Lucas, SB 1047 (Chapter 912))
Victim notification; may be made through Statewide VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) System or other similar electronic or automated system. Amending §§ 19.2-11.01, 53.1-133.02, and 53.1-160. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 2029 (Chapter 109); Howell, SB 972 (Chapter 94))
Victims of crime; restorative mediation. Amending § 19.2-11.01; adding § 53.1-25.2. (Patron-Locke, SB 1380 (F))
Wrongful Incarceration Fund; created. Amending § 8.01-195.11; adding § 8.01-195.11:1. (Patron-Crockett-Stark, HB 2478 (F))
2007 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact the House of Delegates Information and Public Relations Office, P. O. Box 406, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23218, telephone (804) 698-1500. Last updated 09/04/07