VirginiaLocal and Regional Jails, State Board of; oversight of local and regional jails, powers and duties.
What it does
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; oversight of local and regional jails; powers and duties. Increases from 11 to 19 the membership of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) by requiring the appointment of (i) two members of the Senate and two members of the House of Delegates and (ii) four additional nonlegislative citizen members, including (a) one representative of a nonprofit organization that provides training or rehabilitation programs for incarcerated inmates; (b) one male citizen and one female citizen who were formerly incarcerated within the Commonwealth; and (c) one person who is a grandparent, parent, child, sibling, or spouse or domestic partner of a person currently incarcerated within the Commonwealth.The bill also adds numerous additional duties for the Board, including to (1) provide information, as appropriate, to inmates, family members, representatives of inmates, and local, regional, and community correctional facility employees and contractors and others regarding the rights of inmates; (2) establish policies for a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data related to complaints received in or about local, regional, and community correctional facilities; (3) monitor, document, review, and report on the operation of stores and commissaries in local correctional facilities and systems for providing electronic visitation and messaging and telephone calls; and (4) review, monitor, and report and make recommendations on policies related to (A) attorney access to clients for calls and visitation; (B) access to voting for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to vote; and (C) the collection of data on suicides, suicide attempts, and self-harm in custody. The bill also specifies additional information to be included in the Board's currently required annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor and requires such report to be made available to the public online.The bill enumerates certain items for assessment that may be included in the Board's annual inspection of each local correctional facility, as required by current law, and also specifies the Board's authority and right to access such facilities, interview persons, and access certain information and documents.
More detail
Upon completion of an inspection, the bill requires the Board to produce a report, including information enumerated in the bill, to be made available to the public online and to be delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public Safety, and the sheriff in charge of the local correctional facility or superintendent of the regional correctional facility.Finally, the bill allows the Board to initiate and attempt to resolve an investigation upon its own initiative, or upon receipt of a complaint from an inmate, a family member or representative of an inmate, or a local, regional, or community correctional facility employee or contractor, or others, regarding various concerns as enumerated in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 7Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services with letter (15-Y 0-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services with letter (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2467)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House 55-Y 44-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House 55-Y 44-N 0-A). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Printed as engrossed 25103982D-E
- Feb 3Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 3Public Safety Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2467)
- Jan 29Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- Jan 25Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 24Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned PS sub: Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103982DIntroduced
- Feb 7Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services with letter (15-Y 0-N)Latest