Virginia House Bill 836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Restraint of certain prisoners. Prohibits a state, regional, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using restraints on any prisoner who is pregnant during labor, transport to a medical facility, delivery, or postpartum recovery unless the warden, superintendent, or jailor finds there is a compelling reason to believe that the prisoner poses serious harm to herself or others, is a flight risk, or cannot be reasonably restrained by other means. Such facility shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary on any inmate in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.

Pregnant prisoners; prohibits use of restraints by any correctional facility.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Del. James LeMunyon [R]

Del. Michael Webert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2012-02-09		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-18		House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102750D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	1.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB836
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB836+hil