SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2016 SESSION
16103519DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That the Virginia Criminal Sentencing
Commission shall calculate annually the recidivism rate of federal prisoners
released by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons [ on or after October 30,
2015, and before November 3, 2015, ] whose sentences were
retroactively reduced pursuant to Amendments 782 and 788 of the U.S. Sentencing
Commission's Guidelines Manual [ for crimes committed in the
Commonwealth ] . The Commission shall make a reasonable attempt to
acquire the information necessary to complete the calculation from any
available source, including any state or federal entity that has access to such
information. The Commission shall report annually to the Chairmen of the House
and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice (i) such recidivism rate no later
than December 31 for the preceding 12-month period complete through the last
day of October or (ii) if the Commission is unable to complete the calculation,
any information regarding the recidivism rate of such prisoners as the Commission
was able to acquire.
2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on January 1, 2018.