VA HB2647 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2647)
Pending: House Appropriations: Transportation & Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2647)
Pending: House Appropriations: Transportation & Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
State correctional facilities; use of restorative housing or isolated confinement; restrictions. Prohibits the use of restorative housing or isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill provides that, prior to placing an incarcerated person into restorative housing or isolated confinement, the facility administrator shall place such incarcerated person into a less restrictive setting and enumerates certain time limitations, requirements for review and documentation, and requirements for out-of-cell programmatic interventions, defined in the bill, and other activities when a person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement. The bill also establishes a formal review and appeal process when an incarcerated person is placed in isolated confinement. Finally, the bill sets out limitations and requirements for the lockdown, defined in the bill, that covers all or part of any state correctional facility.
Title
State correctional facilities; use of restorative housing or isolated confinement, restrictions.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Public Safety with substitute 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 substitute and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2647) |
| 2025-01-25 | House | Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Committee substitute printed 25105857D-H1 |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2025-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (4-Y 2-N) |
| 2025-01-21 | House | Assigned PS sub: Public Safety |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Presented and ordered printed 25104420D |
