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2023 SESSION

23105298D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2413
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Public Safety
on January 27, 2023)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Campbell, E.H.)
A BILL to require mandatory reporting of all offenders released from a state correctional facility before the completion of the offender's sentence.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any offender sentenced to the Department of Corrections who served a term of incarceration and was released early from a state correctional facility, the Department of Corrections, Department of State Police, and Virginia Parole Board shall provide the Virginia State Crime Commission (the Commission) with the following information, to the extent available, within 30 days of such offender's release or upon request of the Commission: (i) the offender's name; (ii) the offender's last known address; (iii) the offender's criminal history information; (iv) the offenses for which the offender was serving a sentence prior to his early release; (v) the length of such sentences and the date such sentences were imposed; (vi) the amount of time the offender served of such sentences; and (vii) the basis for the offender's early release. For purposes of this reporting requirement, "released early from a state correctional facility" includes release on discretionary parole, conditional release of geriatric prisoners, conditional release of terminally ill prisoners, or any other early release or discharge that is not based on earned sentence credits, good conduct allowances, or any other good time credit. The Commission shall publish the names of such offenders released early from a state correctional facility and who are on parole or placed under postrelease supervision, along with the basis for such offender's early release, on its website. For each offender whose information is published on the Commission's website, as long as such offender is on parole or under postrelease supervision, the Commission shall track when such offender is charged with or convicted of a violent felony offense as defined in § 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia committed in the Commonwealth after such offender was previously released early from a state correctional facility. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Department of Corrections, Department of State Police, and Virginia Parole Board shall, upon request, provide the Commission with any other information deemed necessary by the Commission to carry out the duties of this act. The Commission shall provide an annual report by November 15 to the General Assembly with information on the offenders released early from a state correctional facility and whether such offenders have been charged with or convicted of a violent felony offense as defined in § 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia committed in the Commonwealth after such offender was released early from a state correctional facility.

2. That the Virginia State Crime Commission shall submit the first report to the General Assembly and publish the information on its website as required by the provisions of this act by November 15, 2024.