PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION 
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(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incorporated into other legislation(C) Carried over from 2004 Session
 (CD)Carried over from 2004 Session but died in Committee on or before December 10th
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Constitutional amendment; restoration of civil rights for nonviolent felons (first reference). Amending Section 1 of Article II. (Patron-
Miller, 
SJR 259 (
F))
 
 
Correctional officer; definition. Amending § 53.1-1. (Patron-
Spruill, 
HB 2917 (
F))
 
 
Corrections, Board of; membership. Amending §§ 53.1-2, 53.1-4 and 53.1-6. (Patron-
Locke, 
SB 441 (
CD))
 
 
Corrections, Board of; membership, report. Amending §§ 53.1-2 and 53.1-6. (Patron-
Ebbin, 
HB 2890 (
F))
 
 
Corrections, Board of; powers and duties. Amending § 53.1-5. (Patron-
Puckett, 
SB 941 (
F))
 
 
Death penalty; moratorium on execution of prisoners. (Patron-
Marsh, 
SB 915 (
F))
 
 
Detention center incarceration program; shall not be imposed as an addition to an active sentence. Amending § 19.2-316.2. (Patron-
Kilgore, 
HB 2114 (Chapter 
580); 
Stolle, 
SB 1168 (Chapter 
512))
 
 
Diversion center incarceration program; shall not be in addition to an active sentence. Amending § 19.2-316.3. (Patron-
Kilgore, 
HB 2920 (Chapter 
604))
 
 
Felons; restoration of civil rights to be eligible to register to vote. Amending § 53.1-231.2. (Patron-
Bland, 
HB 2755 (
F); 
Puller, 
SB 82 (
CD))
 
 
Felony cases; sentencing guidelines for revocation of suspension of sentence or probation. Adding § 19.2-306.1. (Patron-
Stolle, 
SB 1155 (
F))
 
 
Felony cases; transmission of prisoner orders. Amending § 19.2-310. (Patron-
Norment, 
SB 238 (
CD))
 
 
Graffiti ordinance; mandatory minimum fine and jail. Amending § 15.2-1812.2. (Patron-
McDougle, 
HB 1877 (Chapter 
614))
 
 
Highway maintenance and construction projects; use of jail inmates. Adding § 33.1-223.2:9. (Patron-
Norment, 
SB 637 (
CD))
 
 
Income tax, state; voluntary contribution to Pre-Release and Post-Incarceration Services (PAPIS) Fund. Adding § 58.1-346.25. (Patron-
Baskerville, 
HB 843 (
CD))
 
 
Inmate workers; court orders allowing work. Amending § 53.1-129. (Patron-
McDougle, 
HB 1384 (
CD))
 
 
Inmates; allows sheriff or jail superintendent to charge for keep. Amending § 53.1-131.3. (Patron-
Albo, 
HB 150 (
CD))
 
 
Jail board, regional; only a sheriff may be chairman. Amending § 53.1-107. (Patron-
Bell, 
HB 673 (
CD))
 
 
Jail deputies; number. Adding § 15.2-1609.1:01. (Patron-
Stolle, 
SB 170 (
CD))
 
 
Jail facilities; allows privatization of local jails using same procedures as regional. Adding §§ 53.1-71.7 through 53.1-71.12. (Patron-
May, 
HB 2480 (
F))
 
 
Jail facilities; extends deadline for consideration of construction, etc. to Roanoke County-Salem jail. (Patron-
Griffith, 
HB 1995 (
F))
 
 
Jails; Secretary of Public Safety to establish system for coordinating offender transitional and reentry services. Adding § 2.2-221.1. (Patron-
Scott, J.M., 
HB 2725 (
I) See 
HB1763)
 
 
Juvenile work release program; established, penalty, report. Adding §§ 66-25.1:1 through 66-25.1:4. (Patron-
BaCote, 
HB 2657 (Chapter 
648))
 
 
 
Mental health services transition plan; Board of Juvenile Justice to promulgate regulations for providing to incarcerated juveniles. Adding § 16.1-293.1. (Patron-
Bell, 
HB 2245 (Chapter 
405); 
Deeds, 
SB 843 (Chapter 
334))
 
 
Pardons, Commutations, Reprieves and Other Forms of Clemency; List of. (SD 2)
 
 
Parole, Board of; powers and duties. Amending § 53.1-136. (Patron-
Rust, 
HB 2823 (Chapter 
657))
 
 
 
 
Prisoner visitation; requiring Department of Corrections to provide for child-friendly visiting rooms. Adding § 53.1-5.2. (Patron-
Scott, J.M., 
HB 2724 (
F))
 
 
Prisoner visitation; requiring Department of Corrections to provide for family-friendly visitors’ areas. (Patron-
Eisenberg, 
HB 815 (
CD))
 
 
Prisoners; continued hospitalization of those involuntarily admitted. Amending § 53.1-40.7. (Patron-
Carrico, 
HB 2436 (Chapter 
639))
 
 
Prisoners; earning of good conduct credit for home/electronic incarceration. Amending § 53.1-116. (Patron-
McQuigg, 
HB 2108 (
F))
 
 
Prisoners; escape from custody without violence, penalty. Amending § 18.2-479. (Patron-
Cosgrove, 
HB 1513 (Chapter 
573))
 
 
 
Prisoners; good conduct allowance, mandatory functional literacy requirement. Adding § 53.1-151.1. (Patron-
Marsh, 
SB 75 (
CD); 
Marsh, 
SB 805 (
F))
 
 
Prisoners; illegal possession of cellular telephone, penalty. Adding § 18.2-431.1. (Patron-
Albo, 
HB 2213 (Chapter 
171); 
Puckett, 
SB 940 (
F))
 
 
Prisoners; individual court orders permitting work not required. Amending § 53.1-129. (Patron-
Bryant, 
HB 2369 (Chapter 
409))
 
 
Prisoners; joint subcommittee to study program for reentry to society. (Patron-
Puller, 
SJR 273 (
P))
 
 
 
Prisoners; required records to be provided thereto upon release. Amending § 53.1-28. (Patron-
Scott, J.M., 
HB 2726 (
F))
 
 
Prisoners; required testing for viral hepatitis. Adding § 53.1-34.1. (Patron-
Amundson, 
HB 2500 (
F))
 
 
Probation and parole; notice of transfer hearing, and clerk of court to provide copy of order or judgment to court service unit. Amending §§ 16.1-269.2 and 16.1-272. (Patron-
Melvin, 
HB 2529 (Chapter 
590))
 
 
Probation and parole technical violators; joint subcommittee to study programs therefor. (Patron-
McDougle, 
HJR 749 (
F))
 
 
Probation officers; defendant shall have right of attorney present during presentence interview. Amending § 19.2-299. (Patron-
Griffith, 
HB 1987 (
F))
 
 
Probationers and parolees; Board of Corrections to license community-based or privately operated residential facilities, etc. for care thereof. Amending §§ 15.2-2283, 15.2-2291, 53.1-5, 53.1-177 and 53.1-179. (Patron-
Eisenberg, 
HB 2915 (
F))
 
 
 
Real property; Board of Corrections to convey certain to Town of Marion. (Patron-
Carrico, 
HB 2891 (Chapter 
202))
 
 
Staunton Correctional Center; Governor to sell and convey to Staunton Industrial Authority. Amending Chapter 705, 2004 Acts. (Patron-
Saxman, 
HB 1943 (Chapter 
794); 
Hanger, 
SB 1015 (Chapter 
750))
 
 
Telephone systems within correctional facilities; Department of Corrections to offer debit or prepaid systems. Adding § 53.1-1.1. (Patron-
Dillard, 
HB 1765 (Chapter 
612))