Virginia House Bill 1589 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-02 - Committee Referral Pending
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Powers and duties of Parole Board; voting requirements; meetings. Increases the Parole Board from up to five members to 10 members. The bill provides that except for a public meeting convened for conducting the final deliberation and vote regarding whether the Parole Board will grant parole to a prisoner, a meeting of the Parole Board members, regardless of whether such members invite staff or other guests to participate in such meeting, shall not be deemed a meeting subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill also provides that the final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person serving life imprisonment shall be attended by four or more members of the Parole Board, and a decision to grant such person discretionary parole shall require the concurrence of four or more members present. A final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person not sentenced to life imprisonment requires the attendance of a panel of no fewer than three members of the Parole Board and a concurrence of the majority of members present for such final deliberation and vote. The bill also removes the authority of the Parole Board to establish the conditions or revoke any period of postrelease supervision of a felon serving a period of postrelease supervision.

Parole Board; increases membership, voting requirements, meetings.

Del. Wren Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-02	House	Committee Referral Pending
2025-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103424D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1589
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1589/text/HB1589