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2007 SESSION
HJ 652 Prisoner Reentry to Society, Joint Subcommittee Studying Program for; continued.
Introduced by: John J. Welch, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Study; Continuing the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Commonwealth's Program for Prisoner Reentry to Society for the purpose of receiving the recommendations and report of the Virginia Prisoner Reentry Policy Academy. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Commonwealth's Program for Prisoner Reentry to Society for the purpose of receiving the recommendations and report of the Virginia Prisoner Reentry Policy Academy. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) process its proposals for discussion to offer appropriate recommendations therefrom; (ii) monitor the work of the Virginia Prisoner Reentry Policy Academy and its pilot programs; (iii) receive the report and recommendations of the Academy regarding the results of the pilot programs; and (iv) synthesize the joint subcommittee's proposals and the Academy's recommendations and recommend such feasible and appropriate alternatives that may reasonably facilitate the successful reintegration of prisoners in their communities. In addition, the joint subcommittee shall (i) evaluate the existing education program for prisoners in Virginia, including the advantages and benefits of the program for prisoners, their families, and the community, and its effect on recidivism; (ii) identify program needs, including ways to accommodate more inmates, and recommend solutions; (iii) review prisoner education programs in other states; (iv) consider financial aid alternatives to assist inmates in accessing college, and ways to fund college education programs for prisoners in the Commonwealth; (v) examine the relationship between poor educational opportunities, delinquency, unidentified learning disabilities, and crime; and (vi) determine the number of inmates with learning disabilities, and the average reading level of inmates in state and local adult and juvenile correctional institutions.
This resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Commonwealth's Program for Prisoner Reentry to Society, and is identical to SJR 327 (Puller).
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072622552 pdf
- 02/19/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 076137552-S1 pdf
- 03/07/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ652ER) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072622552
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/31/07 House: Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Taken up
- 02/02/07 House: Engrossed by House
- 02/02/07 House: Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (91-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (91-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/19/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 076137552-S1
- 02/19/07 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute by voice vote
- 02/20/07 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/07 Senate: Motion to reconsider Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 076137552-S1
- 02/21/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ652S1
- 02/21/07 Senate: Agreed to by Senate with substitute by voice vote
- 02/22/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ652ER)