republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-441.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 correctionalfacilities. The bill provides that the cost of items within a statecorrectional 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	SB 441	Virginia SB 441 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jennifer B. Boysko	5	38	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/57ac6427-ae66-4b95-afe1-c6a0bee223df	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB441	360ba8ce55f583503a3b7a084da595b5ab1d9bc290f96c80d00e5c5f03093ebd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 441 (2022) — Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates.

State correctional facilities; fees. Reducesor eliminates certain fees associated with inmates in state correctionalfacilities. The bill provides that the cost of items within a statecorrectional 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. CHAP0682 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106261D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106959D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103967D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB441ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) — 15–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103967D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2022-01-28 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB441)
• 2022-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106261D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB441S1)
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee amendment rejected
• 2022-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22106261D-S1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB441S1
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-18 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-25 Committee substitute printed 22106959D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB441H1)
• 2022-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-02 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Committee on Public Safety substitute rejected 22106959D-H1
• 2022-03-03 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-03 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB441ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57ac6427-ae66-4b95-afe1-c6a0bee223df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).