---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports."
description: "Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. Requiresthe Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to publish a statement regardingany action taken by the Board on the parole of a prisoner within30 days of such action and to include in such statement informationregarding the length of sentence and the date such sentence was imposedfor each prisoner considered for parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Virginia SB 547 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d518e18a-1388-4df2-a901-ae1234e09454"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB547"
source_hash: "6e635ef49c06bf5461da79493edbbabd2f883a34a301370521473a6eb7897e0d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 547 (2022) — Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports.

Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. Requiresthe Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to publish a statement regardingany action taken by the Board on the parole of a prisoner within30 days of such action and to include in such statement informationregarding the length of sentence and the date such sentence was imposedfor each prisoner considered for parole.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0141)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102593D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB547)
3. **SB547ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB547ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy V. Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102593D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB547)
- **2022-01-21** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB547ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d518e18a-1388-4df2-a901-ae1234e09454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).