republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-797.md

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Bill	Electronic visitation; state correctional facilities.	Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to prescribe reasonable rules regarding electronic visitation systems and the collection of fees for the use of such systems. The bill provides that any facility that uses such a system shall not prohibit in-person visitation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 797	Virginia HB 797 (2018)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	18	8	2018-01-09	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d0a45134-81b2-48e0-b753-aaf9562e9f47	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB797	eaebde108eaa0644ab33364d9db40fdb68b79d7293f311c59a119653b6ed8ea0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 797 (2018) — Electronic visitation; state correctional facilities.

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Corrections to prescribe reasonable rules regarding electronic visitation systems and the collection of fees for the use of such systems. The bill provides that any facility that uses such a system shall not prohibit in-person visitation.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100572D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18100572D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100572D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB797E
• 2018-02-07 Printed as engrossed 18100572D-E
• 2018-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-09 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0a45134-81b2-48e0-b753-aaf9562e9f47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).