VirginiaRestorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use, effective date.
What it does
Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place the incarcerated person in a less restrictive setting, including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats.
More detail
The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every 48 hours and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, to inform him of any reason or reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary and give him an opportunity to respond to those reasons and that a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated person within 24 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to SB 1409.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2647)
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2647ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 12Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Public Safety Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2647)
- Jan 25Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 24Committee substitute printed 25105857D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned PS sub: Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 14Presented and ordered printed 25104420DIntroduced