Virginia House Bill 1291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions. Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoner or juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile, for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or more per day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.

Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement.

Del. C.E. Hayes [D]

2022-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Public Safety
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-01	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2022-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 22103591D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	39.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1291
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1291+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1502V0020+HB1291