Virginia Senate Bill 215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Juvenile facilities; room segregation; regulations. Requires the Board of Juvenile Justice to promulgate regulations on the use of room segregation in juvenile detention homes and juvenile correctional facilities that (i) include relevant definitions, criteria for use of room segregation, frequency of required room checks, training requirements for staff, and follow-up requirements after using room segregation; (ii) allow the use of room segregation only when other less restrictive options have been exhausted and for certain purposes; (iii) allow the use of room segregation only for the minimum amount of time required to address the resident's behavior; (iv) provide to the resident a means of communication with staff during room segregation; (v) specify, if a resident in room segregation exhibits self-injurious behavior, when and under what conditions staff shall consult with a mental health professional; and (vi) detail the circumstances under which the director of the juvenile detention home or juvenile correctional facility shall develop a plan for improved behavioral outcomes for the resident.

Juvenile detention homes and correctional facilities; room segregation.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2016-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) (Y: 28 N: 11 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-08	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-22	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-02-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-02-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-12	House	Read first time
2016-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
2016-02-09	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB215S1
2016-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16104644D-S1
2016-02-09	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-02-09	Senate	Read second time
2016-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-05	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
2016-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16104644D-S1
2016-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2016-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101860D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	322.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB215
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB215+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB215S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S09V0034+SB0215
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0248SB0215+SB0215
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0308SB0215+SB0215