Virginia House Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Possession of contraband by a prisoner; penalty. Provides that any prisoner who willfully in any manner brings into the facility in which he is confined, or attempts to bring into the facility, any article of any nature whatsoever, without first securing the permission of the person in whose charge such prisoner is, and who may in his discretion grant or refuse permission is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Currently, the delivery of such an article by another to a prisoner is prohibited. The bill also raises the penalty for possession or use of certain contraband items by a prisoner in a correctional facility from a Class 6 to a Class 3 felony.

Possession of contraband by a prisoner; guilty of Class 1 misdemeanor.

Del. William Janis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103168D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	474	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB244
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB244+hil