2012 SESSION

Convened January 11, 2012
Adjourned sine die March 10, 2012
Reconvened April 18, 2012
Adjourned sine die April 18, 2012

PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over

Assault and battery; adds prison contractor, person directly involved in care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, etc., to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty. Amending § 18.2-57. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 953 (F))

Assault and battery; adds prison contractor to class of people victimized in prisons, penalty. Amending § 18.2-57. (Patron-Northam, SB 547 (C))

Child support; Department of Correctional Education to withhold payments from prisoners who maintain job within Department. Amending §§ 53.1-41 and 53.1-43.1. (Patron-Obenshain, SB 247 (C))

Civil rights; provides for automatic restoration of eligibility to register to vote to certain persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (except election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence. Amending § 53.1-231.2. (Patron-Herring, HB 1098 (F))

Civil rights; provides for automatic restoration of eligibility to register to vote to certain persons convicted of nonviolent felonies (except felony drug and election fraud crimes) upon completion of sentence. Amending § 53.1-231.2. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 16 (F))

Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial; requests Governor to include names of state and local probation and parole officers who have lost their lives in line of duty. (Patron-Carr, HJR 124 (C))

Compensation for wrongful incarceration; eliminates 20-year maximum for calculating. Amending § 8.01-195.11. (Patron-McEachin, SB 655 (Chapter 675))

Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities to remain confidential. Amending § 16.1-300. (Patron-Gilbert, HB 391 (Chapter 421); Garrett, SB 476 (Chapter 262))

Correctional enterprises; Director of Division of Purchases and Supply and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Correctional Enterprises Program has authority to grant exemptions from mandatory purchase provisions, report. Amending § 53.1-48. (Patron-Peace, HB 263 (Chapter 360))

Correctional enterprises; exemption from mandatory purchase provisions. Amending § 53.1-48. (Patron-Bell, Richard P., HB 90 (I) See HB263)

Courthouses and courtrooms; assessment for security. Amending § 53.1-120. (Patron-Surovell, HB 683 (F))

Criminal Justice Services, Department of; provides minimum training standards for juvenile correctional officers. Amending § 9.1-102. (Patron-Lucas, SB 293 (Chapter 159))

Driver’s licenses; allows suspension of or refusal to renew licenses of prisoners who do not pay certain fees or for nonpayment of child support. Amending §§ 46.2-320 and 63.2-1941; adding §§ 46.2-320.1, 46.2-320.2, 53.1-127.3, 53.1-127.4, and 53.1-127.5. (Patron-McWaters, SB 603 (Chapter 829))

Felonies by prisoners; penalties. Amending § 53.1-203. (Patron-Stolle, HB 1279 (C); Northam, SB 586 (C))

Geriatric prisoners; removes petition requirement for Parole Board to consider conditional release. Amending § 53.1-40.01. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 1064 (F))

Geriatric prisoners; removes petition requirement for Parole Board to consider conditional release, report. Amending § 53.1-40.01. (Patron-Lucas, SB 290 (C))

Geriatric prisoners; those serving a sentence for certain felony offenses who reach age 60 to petition Parole Board for conditional release. Amending § 53.1-40.01. (Patron-Hope, HB 165 (F))

Immediate sanction probation program; creates specialized program available to offenders who are on probation pursuant to suspended sentence and have not been convicted of violent felony. Amending §§ 19.2-303.5 and 19.2-306. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 1299 (F))

Income tax, state and corporate; tax credit for hiring certain individuals released from incarceration. Adding § 58.1-439.12:11. (Patron-Englin, HB 1023 (F))

Inmates, local; sheriffs and regional jail administrators to sign agreements with Department of Corrections for housing in state prisons. Amending § 53.1-79.1. (Patron-Merricks, HB 586 (C))

Juvenile facilities, secure; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study excess capacity. (Patron-Marsden, SJR 90 (C))

Juveniles; certain persons imprisoned for felony offense eligible for parole. Amending § 53.1-165.1. (Patron-Tata, HB 435 (F))

Juveniles; certain persons imprisoned for life eligible for parole. Amending § 53.1-165.1. (Patron-Tata, HB 436 (F))

Law-Enforcement Procedural Guarantee Act; adds certain employees of Department of Corrections to definition of law-enforcement officer. Amending § 9.1-500. (Patron-Tyler, HB 205 (F))

Parole; eligibility for certain inmates otherwise ineligible. Amending § 53.1-151. (Patron-Howell, A.T., HB 392 (F))

Parole; joint subcommittee to study reinstituting in State. (Patron-Sickles, HJR 122 (F))

Postrelease supervision of felons; amends provisions. Amending §§ 18.2-10 and 19.2-295.2. (Patron-Stuart, SB 175 (C))

Pregnant prisoners; prohibits use of restraints by any correctional facility. Adding § 53.1-1.1:1. (Patron-Hope, HB 836 (F))

Prisoners; allows localities to charge persons for costs of transporting them to jail. Amending § 19.2-338. (Patron-Ware, O., HB 487 (C))

Prisoners; harassment by use of computer, penalty. Amending § 18.2-152.7:1. (Patron-Minchew, HB 916 (F))

Prisoners; harassment by use of computer to threaten or intimidate person who was victim of crime, etc., penalty. Amending § 18.2-152.7:1. (Patron-Newman, SB 486 (F))

Psychiatric hospital; amends criteria for admissions for inmates at local correctional facilities to add mentally ill inmates, includes those unable to protect themselves from harm. Amending § 19.2-169.6. (Patron-Stolle, HB 1280 (Chapter 801))

Psychiatric hospital; amends criteria for admissions for inmates at local correctional facilities to add mentally ill inmates, includes those unable to protect themselves from harm or to provide for their human basic needs. Amending § 19.2-169.6. (Patron-Northam, SB 585 (F))

Redistricting local districts; local governing body may exclude from its calculations for decennial redistricting population of certain adult correctional facilities. Amending § 24.2-304.1. (Patron-Ingram, HB 13 (Chapter 357))

Sexually violent predators; Director of Department of Corrections shall develop a protocol consistent with evidence-based best practices to assess whether prisoner or defendant meets definition, report. Amending §§ 19.2-169.3, 37.2-903, and 37.2-904. (Patron-Jones, HB 1271 (Chapter 800); Blevins, SB 314 (Chapter 668))

Solitary confinement; Crime Commission to study uses including segregation, administrative isolation, etc., by Department of Corrections. (Patron-Ebbin, SJR 93 (F))

Solitary confinement; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study uses including segregation, administrative isolation, etc., by Department of Corrections. (Patron-Hope, HJR 126 (F))

Telecommunications services; State Corporation Commission to exercise jurisdiction over rates and charges for prisoners. Amending § 56-234. (Patron-Hope, HB 162 (C))

Virginia Parole Board; exceptions to Freedom of Information Act. Amending § 2.2-3703. (Patron-Hope, HB 397 (F))

Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Amending § 51.1-138. (Patron-Bulova, HB 428 (C))