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Bill Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report. Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates, within the Office of the State Inspector General, the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office) headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by a Corrections Oversight Committee (the Committee), also created by the bill. The bill provides that the Committee is made up of eight members of the General Assembly and 11 nonlegislative citizen members who monitor the activities of the Ombudsman and the Department of Corrections (the Department). The bill provides the Office with authority to conduct inspections at least once every three years and more often when warranted of Department or Board of Local and Regional Jails facilities and requires the Office to establish a confidential telephone hotline and paper and electronic forms for the submission of concerns, complaints, and inquiries by inmates, their family members and friends, and advocates. In addition, the bill requires the Committee to hold at least one public hearing per year and requires the Office to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director of the Department. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 456 Virginia SB 456 (2024)
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Virginia SB 456 (2024) — Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.

Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates, within the Office of the State Inspector General, the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office) headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by a Corrections Oversight Committee (the Committee), also created by the bill. The bill provides that the Committee is made up of eight members of the General Assembly and 11 nonlegislative citizen members who monitor the activities of the Ombudsman and the Department of Corrections (the Department). The bill provides the Office with authority to conduct inspections at least once every three years and more often when warranted of Department or Board of Local and Regional Jails facilities and requires the Office to establish a confidential telephone hotline and paper and electronic forms for the submission of concerns, complaints, and inquiries by inmates, their family members and friends, and advocates. In addition, the bill requires the Committee to hold at least one public hearing per year and requires the Office to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director of the Department.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0393 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105765D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24106708D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Committee substitute printed 24108182D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Committee substitute printed 24108303D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB456ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — 132 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 372 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • David W. Marsden — primary (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102042D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB456)
  • 2024-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-19 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24105765D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-31 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106708D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-05 Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee substitute rejected 24105765D-S1
  • 2024-02-05 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-05 Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24106708D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB456S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB456S2)
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-23 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-23 Committee substitute printed 24108182D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108303D-H2 substitution
  • 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-04 Committee on Public Safety substitute rejected 24108182D-H1
  • 2024-03-04 Committeeon on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24108303D-H2 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB456H2 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Title replaced 24108303D-H2
  • 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB456H2)
  • 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB456ER) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB456ER)
  • 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac83c29a-2bea-461d-984e-63868f20c854. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).