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2010 SESSION

Convened January 13, 2010

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Child support; punishment and options for person convicted of nonpayment. Amending §§ 18.2-271.1, 46.2-320, and 53.1-131.2. (Patron-Marsden, SB 589 (Chapter 682))
Community-based probation service agency, local; local probation programs to supervise offenders referred from drug courts. Amending § 19.2-303.3. (Patron-BaCote, HB 878 (F))
Correctional enterprises; intentional violations constitute malfeasance, exception. Amending § 53.1-51. (Patron-Pollard, HB 1031 (F))
Correctional facilities, local; use of state funds for local alternative incarceration programs. Amending §§ 53.1-84 and 53.1-86. (Patron-Carr, HB 838 (F))
Correctional facilities, state; allows exception for purchase of products by state agencies. Amending § 53.1-48. (Patron-Pollard, HB 139 (F))
Correctional facility work program; person who participates to contribute part of his pay for court imposed fines, costs, forfeiture, etc., owed. Amending § 53.1-41. (Patron-McDougle, SB 670 (Chapter 616))
Detention; allows juvenile to be moved to a less restrictive placement when is warranted or earned. Amending § 16.1-248.1. (Patron-Marsden, SB 579 (F))
Home/electronic incarceration program; deemed to be term of confinement for an offender who has been convicted and court can assign without it being condition of probation. Amending §§ 53.1-116 and 53.1-131.2. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 151 (F))
Immediate sanction probation program; established. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 927 (Chapter 845))
Incarcerated defendant; waiver of payment of interest on fines and costs accrued on cases other than one for which defendant is incarcerated. Amending § 19.2-353.5. (Patron-Morrissey, HB 182 (F); Marsh, SB 126 (F))
Inmates; court or person having custody must determine whether treatment of mental illness is necessary. Amending §§ 19.2-169.6, 19.2-174.1, 19.2-175, 19.2-178, 19.2-389, 32.1-127.1:03, 37.2-803, 37.2-804, 37.2-809, and 37.2-811; repealing §§ 19.2-176 and 19.2-177.1. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 311 (Chapter 406); Howell, SB 87 (Chapter 340))
Jail farms; transportation of prisoners. Amending § 53.1-105. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 357 (Chapter 547))
Jail superintendent and jail officers; invested with powers and authority of sheriff or sheriff’s deputy for purpose of service of civil and criminal process upon inmates. Amending § 53.1-109. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 360 (F); Smith, SB 637 (F))
Jailable offense; discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons therefor. Amending § 19.2-74. (Patron-Reynolds, SB 643 (F))
Jailer issued identification; allows sheriffs to issue special identification card to prisoners. Adding § 53.1-116.1:02. (Patron-Cosgrove, HB 1161 (Chapter 856))
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals. Adding § 66-23.1. (Patron-BaCote, HB 483 (C))
Juvenile correctional facilities; appointment of counsel for individuals confined in juvenile correctional centers. Adding § 66-23.1. (Patron-Marsden, SB 585 (F))
Marijuana; decriminalizes simple possession thereof, civil penalty. Amending §§ 18.2-248.1, 18.2-250.1, 18.2-251, 18.2-252, 18.2-255, 18.2-255.2, 18.2-258, 18.2-259.1, 18.2-265.3, 18.2-308.1:5, 19.2-386.22, and 53.1-203; repealing § 18.2-255.1. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1134 (F))
Possession of contraband by a prisoner; guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Amending §§ 18.2-474 and 53.1-203. (Patron-Janis, HB 244 (F))
Prisoners; allowed on private property to remove graffiti in certain localities. Amending § 53.1-129. (Patron-Stolle, HB 757 (Chapter 132))
Prisoners; licensed psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist to oversee sex offender treatment programs. Amending § 53.1-32. (Patron-Puller, SB 528 (Chapter 261))
Prisoners; mandatory testing for HIV. Adding § 53.1-33.1. (Patron-Dance, HB 160 (F))
Prisoners; use to maintain medians or other nontraveled portions of state highways. Amending § 53.1-56. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 543 (Chapter 128))
Prisons; disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner. Amending § 53.1-228. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HB 256 (Chapter 124))
Regional jails; disposition of fees for prisoners’ keep. Amending § 53.1-131.3. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 361 (Chapter 548))
Residential community programs; Department of Corrections to give nonviolent prisoners opportunity to participate. Amending § 53.1-155.1. (Patron-BaCote, HB 1316 (C))
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; Department to give notice to committed respondent of his duty to register with State Police. Amending §§ 9.1-902, 9.1-907, 9.1-908, 53.1-116.1, and 53.1-160.1; adding § 37.2-921. (Patron-Iaquinto, HB 1198 (Chapter 858))
Terrorism, federal; those accused or convicted shall not be held in custody in any state, regional, or local correction facility. Adding § 53.1-21.1. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 15 (C))
Victims of crime; may visit perpetrator in prison facility. Amending §§ 19.2-11.4 and 53.1-30. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 913 (Chapter 844))
Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN); person who has violated provisions of his post-release supervision to be entered into system. Amending §§ 19.2-390, 53.1-149, and 53.1-162. (Patron-Landes, HB 585 (Chapter 273))
Workforces; allowed on private property owned by elderly or indigent persons if property is identified by a citizens housing advisory committee as needing rehabilitation or repair. Amending § 53.1-128. (Patron-Stolle, HB 758 (Chapter 168))
Wrongful incarceration for felony conviction; individuals granted an absolute pardon for commission of crime that he did not commit, conditions for compensation. Amending §§ 8.01-195.10, 8.01-195.11, and 8.01-195.12. (Patron-Tata, HB 559 (Chapter 557))
2010 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, and Resolutions - 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 06/17/10