Virginia House Bill 2467

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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, such as 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 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. 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.

Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; oversight of local and regional jails, powers and duties.

Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]

2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	House	Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
2025-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2025-01-25	House	Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2025-01-24	House	Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
2025-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N)
2025-01-21	House	Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
2025-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2025-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103982D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2467
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2467/text/HB2467
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2467/text/HB2467AH1
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2467/text/HB2467AH2
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2467/20251/H15002V2510811
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2467/20251/H15V2510958
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2467/20251/H02007V2511673
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2467/20251/H02V2511738