Jails And Prisons
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement and jail officers; various changes to provisions related to decertification. [SB-88]
Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers. Makes various changes to the provisions related to decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may conduct decertification review hearings in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill provides that the findings and decision of the Department may be appealed to the Board and that the final administrative decision of the Board may be then appealed and reviewed by a court.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0494) on 04/04/2024
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Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; powers and duties. [HB-103]
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails, when promulgating regulations and adopting any policy or guidance document related to the enforcement of any minimum standards applicable to local, regional, or community correctional facilities, to expressly and specifically include such items in its published agenda for meetings of the Board or any of its subcommittees. The bill also requires the Board, when developing and implementing policies and procedures for the review of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0136) on 03/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration as calculated in report. [SB-41]
Local jails; compensation for cost of incarceration. Requires the Department of Corrections to compensate local jails for the actual cost, based on the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual Jail Cost Report, of incarcerating felons who should otherwise be confined in a state correctional facility. Current law provides for local jails to be compensated at the rate set forth in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 5-n) on 01/31/2024
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration as calculated in report. [SB-966]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Requires the Department of Corrections to compensate local jails for the actual cost, based on the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report, of incarcerating felons who should otherwise be confined in a state correctional facility. Current law provides for local jails to be compensated at the rate set forth in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/01/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created. [HB-1524]
Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding and supporting the planning and implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails. The bill has a delayed effective date of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0649) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created. [SB-820]
Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding and supporting the planning and implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails. The bill has a delayed effective date of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration. [SB-165]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails to be compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons as provided for in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2022 Special I
Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees associated with inmates. [HB-1053]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in local or regional correctional facilities, including fees related to the costs of an inmate's keep, work release, or participation in educational or rehabilitative programs; telephone services; commissaries; and electronic visitation systems. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0013) on 08/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority. [HB-1208]
Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority. Provides that a superintendent of a jail authority may designate jail officers with internal investigations authority to have the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer in the investigation of allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of such authority. The bill provides that such designated jail officer shall be subject to any minimum training standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Stricken From Docket By Public Safety (22-y 0-n) on 02/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees charged to inmates. [SB-581]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in local or regional correctional facilities, including fees related to the costs of an inmate's keep, work release, or participation in educational or rehabilitative programs; telephone services; commissaries; and electronic visitation systems. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0359) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jails, local; Department of Corrections shall compensate for cost of incarceration. [HB-989]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons, calculated from the date of mailing of the final order, at the rate of $12 per inmate per day for the first 60 days, at the rate of $40 per inmate per day during the period of more than 60 but not more than 90 days, and for the actual cost of incarceration as calculated in the jail report prepared annually by the Compensation Board for more than 90 days. Currently, such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; fees associated with inmates. [HB-1053]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to study implementation of the reduction or elimination of certain fees associated with inmates in local correctional facilities. The bill provides that the work group shall consist of two members of the House Committee on Public Safety who are not members of the same political party and two members of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services who are not members of the same political party. Such legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; reduces maximum term of confinement in jail. [HB-866]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor from 12 months to 364 days. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration. [SB-165]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails to be compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons as provided for in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/02/2022
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Impact of requiring community services boards. [HJR-779]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impact of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services in jails, including the benefits and costs of requiring community services boards to provide mental health services to inmates of jails in the Commonwealth and barriers to requiring community services boards to provide mental health services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky Holcomb
Tabled In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community services boards; preadmission screening for regional jail inmates. [HB-2331]
Community services boards; preadmission screening; regional jail inmates. Provides that the duties of a community services board include reviewing any existing Memorandum of Understanding between the community services board and any other community services boards that serve the regional jail to ensure that such memorandum sets forth the roles and responsibilities of each community services board in the preadmission screening process, provides for communication and information sharing protocols between the community services boards, and provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0601) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Regional jails; reimbursement of capital costs of construction, etc., to locality. [SB-1313]
Reimbursement of capital costs; regional jails; regional contracts for cooperative jailing. Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, the Commonwealth shall reimburse a locality a maximum of one-fourth of the capital costs for any regional jail construction, enlargement, or renovation project that has been approved by the Governor on or after July 1, 2017, and specifically authorized in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0211) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Jail inmates; costs of medical treatment. [SB-1146]
Costs of medical treatment; jail inmates. Provides that no sheriff or jail superintendent or locality is responsible for payment of the cost of medical treatment of an inmate's preexisting condition. Under current law, the sheriff, jail superintendent, or locality is responsible for payment of the cost of medical treatment for such inmate's preexisting condition if that condition is a communicable disease, serious medical need, or life-threatening condition. The bill provides that adequate medical treatment shall not be withheld due to an inmate's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (15-y 0-n) on 01/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Temporary detention; minimum time period. [HB-1975]
Temporary detention; minimum time period. Provides that an inmate in a jail or an acquittee on conditional release held pursuant to a temporary detention order shall be held for at least 23 hours after the execution of the order. The bill also provides that a person held pursuant to a temporary detention order shall be held for up to 24 hours after admission to the facility of temporary detention for the provision of mental health treatment to stabilize such person's psychiatric condition. Currently, an inmate, acquittee, or person may be held pursuant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Yost
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Model addiction recovery program; DCJS, et al., to develop. [HB-1845]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; model addiction recovery program; jails. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop a model addiction recovery program that may be administered by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jail officers, administrators, or superintendents in any local or regional jail. The bill provides that such programs shall be based on existing addiction recovery programs being administered by any local or regional jails in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0758) on 03/24/2017