Virginia House Bill 1782 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Board of Corrections; membership; powers and duties; review of deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local or regional correctional facility. The bill also requires that the State Department of Health and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner assist the Board in developing and implementing these policies and procedures and with any death review undertaken by the Board. The bill provides that any death review shall be performed by Department of Corrections (Department) staff designated by the Board and requires the Board to submit a report of the findings of a completed investigation to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department. The bill also specifies requisite qualifications for individuals appointed to the Board.

Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, review of deaths of inmates.

Del. Robert Bell [R]

Del. David Toscano [D]

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2017-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in Appropriations
2017-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-31	House	Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2017-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-30	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (19-Y 0-N)
2017-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2017-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
2017-01-20	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-20	House	Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2017-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103517D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	19	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	279	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	127	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	69.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1782
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1782+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0805V0033+HB1782
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0108+HB1782