Virginia House Bill 543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum standards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunities to have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local, regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clients on the weekends and after 5:00 p.m.

Correctional facilities, local, regional, and community; attorney visitation of clients.

Del. Don Scott [D]

2022-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Public Safety
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-01	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100033D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB543
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB543+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB543F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1502V0040+HB0543