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2022 SESSION
HB 435 Parole Board; powers and duties.
Introduced by: Thomas C. Wright, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Parole Board; powers and duties. Provides that the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) shall review and decide the case of each prisoner who is eligible for parole no later than that part of the calendar year in which he becomes eligible and (i) every three years thereafter, until he is released on parole or discharged, provided that there are 10 years or more or life imprisonment remaining on the sentence in each case, or (ii) annually thereafter, until he is released on parole or discharged if there are fewer than 10 years remaining on the sentence in each case. The bill also provides that, as a part of the investigation before the Board decides to grant or deny parole, the Board shall, if applicable, review in its entirety the transcript from the trial that resulted in the conviction or convictions for which the inmate is currently serving a term of imprisonment.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102809D pdf
- 01/28/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105381D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22105381D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102809D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/25/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/28/22 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/28/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105381D-H1
- 02/01/22 House: Read first time
- 02/02/22 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/22 House: Read second time
- 02/03/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105381D-H1
- 02/03/22 House: Amendments by Delegate Wright agreed to
- 02/03/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB435EH1
- 02/03/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22105381D-EH1
- 02/04/22 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/04/22 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/18/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)