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| Bill | Correctional facilities, state; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. | State and local correctional facilities; treatment ofprisoners known to be pregnant or who are parents of minor children. Providesfor rules and regulations regarding the treatment, control, and education of prisonersknown to be pregnant and prisoners who are parents of minor children in stateand local correctional facilities. The bill requires the Department ofCorrections to include in the training it provides for deputy sheriffs and jailofficers, state correctional officers, and juvenile correctional officers whomay have contact with pregnant inmates training on the general care of pregnantwomen and the impact of restraints, restrictive housing, and body cavitysearches on such inmates. The bill requires the Director of the Department ofCorrections, to the extent practicable, after accounting for security andcapacity factors, to place prisoners who are parents of minor children in afacility as close as possible to such children. The bill also provides that thesheriff, jail superintendent, or other jail administrator shall prescribe rulesfor local or regional jails to ensure that when physical contact is requiredbetween an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required bycircumstances to disrobe, the officer shall be the same gender as the inmateand that such rules may allow for the suspension of such provisions during theperiod of a declared emergency. Additionally, when contact is required betweena jail or correctional officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required todisrobe and the officer is not the same gender as the inmate, the bill requiresthe officer to submit a written report to the official in charge of the stateor local correctional facility within 72 hours following the incident,containing the justification for the suspension of the requirement that suchinstance occur only during the period of a declared emergency. The bill furtherprovides that the Director of the Department of Corrections is authorized toprescribe reasonable rules regarding visitation that shall includeauthorization of visitation by minor dependents of prisoners who are parents ofminor children with Level 1 or Level 2 security classifications. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1648 | Virginia HB 1648 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1648 (2020) — Correctional facilities, state; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant.
State and local correctional facilities; treatment ofprisoners known to be pregnant or who are parents of minor children. Providesfor rules and regulations regarding the treatment, control, and education of prisonersknown to be pregnant and prisoners who are parents of minor children in stateand local correctional facilities. The bill requires the Department ofCorrections to include in the training it provides for deputy sheriffs and jailofficers, state correctional officers, and juvenile correctional officers whomay have contact with pregnant inmates training on the general care of pregnantwomen and the impact of restraints, restrictive housing, and body cavitysearches on such inmates. The bill requires the Director of the Department ofCorrections, to the extent practicable, after accounting for security andcapacity factors, to place prisoners who are parents of minor children in afacility as close as possible to such children. The bill also provides that thesheriff, jail superintendent, or other jail administrator shall prescribe rulesfor local or regional jails to ensure that when physical contact is requiredbetween an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required bycircumstances to disrobe, the officer shall be the same gender as the inmateand that such rules may allow for the suspension of such provisions during theperiod of a declared emergency. Additionally, when contact is required betweena jail or correctional officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required todisrobe and the officer is not the same gender as the inmate, the bill requiresthe officer to submit a written report to the official in charge of the stateor local correctional facility within 72 hours following the incident,containing the justification for the suspension of the requirement that suchinstance occur only during the period of a declared emergency. The bill furtherprovides that the Director of the Department of Corrections is authorized toprescribe reasonable rules regarding visitation that shall includeauthorization of visitation by minor dependents of prisoners who are parents ofminor children with Level 1 or Level 2 security classifications.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1648ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1648H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1648H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — 96–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20100777D
introduction - 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-02-06 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 2020-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-07 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107870D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107870D-H1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1648H1
- 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1648H1)
- 2020-02-17 Assigned Rehab sub: Social Service and Corrections
referral-committee - 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1648ER)
- 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-03 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f661484-1cca-4882-95eb-b345542b7638. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).