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Prisons and Other Methods of Correction

P Passed

P HB1762

Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Applies geriatric release provision to persons serving felony sentences for crimes committed before January 1, 1995. Currently it only applies to those committed on or after that date. This bill is identical to SB 1167 (Hanger).
Patron - Cranwell

P HB2106

Prisoners permitted to work on certain property. Permits the circuit court or the district court, by order, to allow persons confined in jail to work on private property that has structures that are found to be public nuisances provided the court has reviewed and approved the project and allows the prisoners to work on such project. Such persons would receive credit on their sentences for work done. Currently, the courts have the authority to allow such persons to work on property owned by the state, county, city, town or certain nonprofit organizations. This bill is identical to SB 1034.
Patron - Pollard

P HB2178

Community criminal justice boards. Eliminates the need for one member of each governing body of each participating locality to serve on the board, and allows each governing body to appoint a representative.
Patron - Morgan

P HB2274

Voluntary bone marrow donation by prisoners. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include information concerning the National Bone Marrow Registry in organ donor information accompanying driver's license applications.
Patron - Shuler

P SB1034

P SB1167

F Failed

F HB2196

Department of Corrections; inmate collect call system. Provides that any commission or rebate received or realized by the Department of Corrections, or any state, local, or regional correctional facility from a contractor providing inmate telephone services shall be used to reduce the surcharge or rates paid for inmate calls under any inmate collect call system.
Patron - Crittenden

F HB2213

F HB2389

Payment for services to prisoners. Allows any sheriff or superintendent to require reimbursement of expenses for services provided to a prisoner beyond the usual prisoner's keep and medical treatment costs, including transportation expenses for the funeral of a family member, medical and other necessary appointments, and court appearances when the court facility is not adjacent to the local correctional facility.
Patron - Clement

F HB2423

Transfer of state-responsible offenders to state facilities. Requires that beginning January 1, 2002, every state-responsible offender be transferred to the custody of the Department within 60 days of the date of the final order of sentencing; and, beginning January 1, 2003, every state-responsible offender be transferred to the custody of the Department within 30 days of the date of the final order of sentencing.
Patron - Armstrong

F HB2530

Restoration of civil rights to certain former felons. Modifies the provisions for petitioning the circuit court as part of the process for restoration of civil rights and the right to register to vote. The bill allows a person who was convicted of a violation of § 24.2-1016, relating to false statements on election law documents, to be heard by a circuit court on a petition for restoration of the right to vote. The present law requirements that a petitioner have completed his sentence, performed community service, and been free from any conviction for at least five years will apply to the petitioner who has been convicted of a violation of § 24.2-1016.
Patron - Phillips

F HB2664

Executions of prisoners; moratorium. Provides that the Commonwealth shall not conduct any executions of prisoners sentenced to death until the July 1 following the JLARC study on the death penalty. The bill is a suspension of executions only. All other matters of law related to the death penalty, including the bringing and trying of capital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposing the death sentence, appeals, and habeas review are not affected. This bill has been incorporated into HB 2764.
Patron - Morgan

F HB2764

Executions of prisoners; moratorium. Provides that the Commonwealth shall not conduct any executions of prisoners sentenced to death until the July 1 following the JLARC study on the death penalty. The bill is a suspension of executions only. All other matters of law related to the death penalty, including the bringing and trying of capital charges, sentencing proceedings, imposing the death sentence, appeals, and habeas review are not affected. This bill incorporates HB 2664 and HB 2799.
Patron - Almand

F HB2799

F HJ582

Restoration of civil rights. Requests the Governor and the Secretary of the Commonwealth to review procedures for the restoration of civil rights to former felons and establish a committee to assist in streamlining and bringing continuity to the restoration process.
Patron - Van Yahres

F SB270

Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Sets out the Interstate Compact which, if adopted, would become effective July 1, 2001, and replaces the existing Interstate Corrections Compact. See Senate Joint Resolution 86 which directed the Crime Commission to study the Compact to determine if Virginia should adopt it.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

F SB799

State reimbursement for jail construction. Requires the state to reimburse Martinsville (and any other county or city fitting the criteria under the bill) 40 percent of the capital costs of a jail construction project.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB873

Restoration of civil rights to certain former felons. Modifies the provisions for petitioning the circuit court as part of the process for restoration of civil rights and the right to register to vote. The bill allows a person who was convicted of a drug law violation and was not sentenced to imprisonment to be heard by a circuit court on a petition for restoration of the right to vote. The petitioner will be required to have completed his sentence and been free from any conviction for at least 10 years.
Patron - Puller

F SB889

Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders. This bill establishes a new interstate compact to replace the existing compact. The compact takes effect on the later of July 1, 2001, or the date that 35 states adopt the compact. Under the new compact, an interstate commission is created. The commission's duties include establishing uniform procedures to manage the movement of adult offenders under community supervision between participating states; ensuring the opportunity for input and providing a timely notice to victims and jurisdictions where offenders are authorized to travel or relocate across state lines; establishing a uniform data collection system; monitoring compliance of interstate movement of offenders and initiating interventions to address noncompliance; and coordinating training programs regarding interstate movement for officials involved in such activities. Each compacting state is responsible for supervision of adult offenders in its communities who are authorized by the compact to travel across state lines. Such responsibilities include tracking the location of offenders, transferring supervision, and returning offenders to originating jurisdictions. The bill also creates a council to oversee the operations of the compact within Virginia.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

F SB1135

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