republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-801.md

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Bill	Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls.	Electronic communication systems within statecorrectional facilities; free telephone calls and communication services.Requires the Department of Corrections to provide telephone systemsand web-based or electronic communications systems free of chargeto any person, whether such person is initiating or receiving thecommunication. The bill also requires that a minimum ratio of onetelephone per every 10 inmates be available within each housing unitat each correctional facility and that a maximum number of telephonenumbers permitted on an approved call list must be no fewer than20. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 801	Virginia HB 801 (2024)	bill		enacted	Sam Rasoul	4	40	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/5bec7200-bb75-40d2-bf90-89b3064cc7c6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB801	9bbb8ecca81106a57be27fa65f7fcf940092c940500111797284b62e6cdab2b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 801 (2024) — Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls.

Electronic communication systems within statecorrectional facilities; free telephone calls and communication services.Requires the Department of Corrections to provide telephone systemsand web-based or electronic communications systems free of chargeto any person, whether such person is initiating or receiving thecommunication. The bill also requires that a minimum ratio of onetelephone per every 10 inmates be available within each housing unitat each correctional facility and that a maximum number of telephonenumbers permitted on an approved call list must be no fewer than20. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0455 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107325D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB801ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101691D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — 12–8 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 37-N) — 62–37 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (30-Y 9-N) — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101691D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB801)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107325D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107325D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB801H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB801H1)
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate with amendment (30-Y 9-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 37-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-29 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 37-N)
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB801ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB801ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bec7200-bb75-40d2-bf90-89b3064cc7c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).