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2023 SESSION
SB 1361 Parole Board; eligibility determinations, reports.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Parole Board; eligibility determinations; reports. Removes provisions that exempted from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act the records of the Parole Board. The bill requires the Board to (i) adopt rules regarding parole eligibility as set forth in the bill; (ii) publish the statement of actions taken by the Board by the fifteenth day of each month; (iii) include in such statement individualized reasons for the granting or denial of parole and the vote of each member; (iv) conduct final deliberations and votes on parole decisions at public meetings; (v) publish an annual report that summarizes actions taken by the Board during the prior year; and (vi) provide a prisoner or his attorney with all information, other than the personal information of the victim, gathered by the Board during an investigation, provided that such information shall not be further disclosed, reproduced, copied, or disseminated.
The bill provides that final discharges may be issued by the Board only upon approval by a majority of Board members and requires the Board to publish an annual report regarding such final discharges, with items specified in the bill. The bill also requires the Board, prior to making any decision to grant discretionary parole to an inmate, to have discussed and debated such decision at a meeting at which a majority of the Board members were present. The bill requires, in cases in which the Board grants discretionary parole to an inmate, each Board member to identify his reasoning for such decision at the time such member's vote is cast. The bill requires that parole review hearings include a live interview of the prisoner, which may be conducted in person or by videoconference or telephone, and, absent imminent death or other extraordinary circumstances, prohibits the Board from granting parole to any prisoner who has not received a live interview within the prior calendar year. The bill also allows the victim of the crime for which the prisoner is incarcerated to present testimony to the Board by virtual means. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 2169.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101701D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104980D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105791D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23107021D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/23 Senate: Conference substitute printed 23107600D-S3 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/23 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 23107600D-S3 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1361ER) pdf | impact statement
- 05/12/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101701D
- 01/11/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/27/23 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104980D-S1
- 01/27/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/01/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105791D-S2
- 02/01/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 2-N 2-A)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/03/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/23 Senate: Rules Committee substitute rejected 23104980D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/23 Senate: Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 23105791D-S2
- 02/03/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1361S2
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/15/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23107021D-H1
- 02/22/23 House: Read second time
- 02/23/23 House: Read third time
- 02/23/23 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/23/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23107021D-H1
- 02/23/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1361H1
- 02/23/23 House: Passed House with substitute (53-Y 41-N)
- 02/23/23 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 41-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
- 02/23/23 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/23/23 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/23 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/23 Senate: Senators: Morrissey, Favola, Norment
- 02/23/23 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/23 House: Delegates: Williams, Bell, Hope
- 02/25/23 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/25/23 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/23 House: Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 23-N)
- 02/25/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 23-N)
- 02/25/23 Senate: Conference substitute printed 23107600D-S3
- 02/25/23 Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 23107600D-S3
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1361ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/12/23 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N)
- 04/12/23 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 05/12/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 806 (effective 7/1/24)
- 05/12/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806)