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HB 1105 Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; recidivism rate for certain released federal prisoners.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; recidivism rate for certain released federal prisoners; report. Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to calculate annually the recidivism rate of federal prisoners released by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons whose sentences were retroactively reduced pursuant to changes in the federal sentencing guidelines for crimes committed by such prisoners in the Commonwealth. The Commission shall report the annually calculated recidivism rate to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice by December 31 of each year or, if the Commission was unable to acquire the necessary information to perform the calculation, the Commission shall report any information regarding such recidivism rate that the Commission was able to acquire. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2018.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; recidivism rate for certain released federal prisoners; report. Directs the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to 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 changes in the federal sentencing guidelines. The Commission shall report the annually calculated recidivism rate to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice by December 31 of each year or, if the Commission was unable to acquire the necessary information to perform the calculation, the Commission shall report any information regarding such recidivism rate that the Commission was able to acquire. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2018.