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2021 SESSION
HB 2167 Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration.
Introduced by: Don L. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports; discretionary early consideration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall set the release date for an inmate granted discretionary parole or conditional release no sooner than 30 business days from the date that the Department of Corrections receives notification from the Chairman of the Parole Board of the Board's decision to grant discretionary parole or conditional release, except that the Department of Corrections may set an earlier release date in the case of a terminally ill inmate granted conditional release. The bill provides that in the case of an inmate granted parole who was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of 10 or more years, or an inmate granted conditional release, the Board shall notify the attorney for the Commonwealth in the jurisdiction where the inmate was sentenced (i) by electronic means at least 21 business days prior to such inmate's release that such inmate has been granted discretionary parole or conditional release or (ii) by telephone or other electronic means prior to release that a terminally ill inmate has been granted conditional release where death is imminent.
The bill requires that the monthly reports issued by the Board regarding actions taken on the parole of prisoners (a) be published on the fifteenth day of the month and (b) include the offenses of which prisoners considered for parole were convicted, the jurisdictions in which such offenses were committed, and the amount of time served by such prisoners. However, a prisoner's name shall be included on the report only if the attorney for the Commonwealth and any victims have been notified; otherwise, inclusion on the report is delayed to the following month. The bill also provides that if additional victim research is necessary, electronic notification shall be sent to the attorney for the Commonwealth and the director of the victim/witness program, if one exists, of the jurisdiction in which the offense occurred. The bill provides that the provisions regarding the monthly reports issued by the Board shall become effective on July 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102627D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104290D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102627D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104290D-H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104290D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2167H1
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)