republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-665.md

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Bill	Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates.	State correctional facilities; fees. Reducesor eliminates certain fees associated with inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill provides that the cost of items within a state correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percentof the typical market rate for the same goods or services and thatthe fee associated with electronic visitation and messaging systemsshall not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating suchsystems. The bill eliminates fees associated with the use of telephonesystems and the provision of an inmate's medical records upon his discharge. The bill provides that upon discharge from a state correctional facility an inmate shall receive, in the form of a check, an electronictransfer, or a debit or other account card, the balance of the inmate'spersonal trust account.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 665	Virginia HB 665 (2022)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	5	36	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/97911b60-b8d2-4bd5-ab46-0a459eca54a1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB665	b3b948f8fc6b1f48822f01fcf30c7485d6a4de0428b1e44ec2cc3496142ef2fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 665 (2022) — Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates.

State correctional facilities; fees. Reducesor eliminates certain fees associated with inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill provides that the cost of items within a state correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percentof the typical market rate for the same goods or services and thatthe fee associated with electronic visitation and messaging systemsshall not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating suchsystems. The bill eliminates fees associated with the use of telephonesystems and the provision of an inmate's medical records upon his discharge. The bill provides that upon discharge from a state correctional facility an inmate shall receive, in the form of a check, an electronictransfer, or a debit or other account card, the balance of the inmate'spersonal trust account.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0681 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105873D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106663D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB665ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103812D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103812D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-04 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Committee substitute printed 22105873D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB665H1)
• 2022-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22105873D-H1
• 2022-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB665H1
• 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-10 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-11 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2022-02-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-18 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-18 Committee substitute printed 22106663D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB665S1)
• 2022-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 22106663D-S1
• 2022-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB665S1
• 2022-02-22 Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106663D-S1 (97-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-28 Enrolled
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB665ER)
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-28 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97911b60-b8d2-4bd5-ab46-0a459eca54a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).