Virginia Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2008 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-03-03 - House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety

Child-friendly visiting rooms in state correctional facilities. Permits each state correctional facility to provide child-friendly visiting rooms to promote positive bonds between incarcerated parents and their children. Any program providing child-friendly visiting rooms shall be administered by the Department of Corrections and may include the use of support services from community-based and nonprofit organizations. The Department shall promulgate regulations governing the provision and use of child-friendly visiting rooms. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to the Department resulting from liability arising from the operation of child-friendly visiting rooms, unless it is proven that the Department acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.

Child-friendly visiting rooms; state correctional facilities may provide.

Sen. Yvonne Miller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-03		House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2008-02-12		House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2008-02-12		House: Read first time
2008-02-12		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-06		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-06		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-05		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB28S1
2008-02-05		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 085699276-S1
2008-02-05		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-05		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-04		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-01		Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2008-02-01		Senate: Committee substitute printed 085699276-S1
2007-12-17		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2007-12-17		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088129276

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Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB28