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Bill Virginia Parole Board; powers and duties, membership, voting requirements, etc. Powers and duties of Parole Board; voting requirements; meetings. Removes various references to postrelease supervision and instead includes such references and related procedures in the provisions that govern probation so that such procedures, including revocation hearings, will be overseen and conducted by the sentencing court. The bill provides that except for a public meeting convened for conducting the final deliberation and vote regarding whether the Parole Board will grant parole to a prisoner, a meeting of the Parole Board members, regardless of whether such members invite staff or other guests to participate in such meeting, shall not be deemed a meeting subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.The bill also provides that the final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person serving life imprisonment for murder in the first degree shall be attended by four or more members of the Parole Board, and a decision to grant such person discretionary parole shall require the concurrence of four or more members present. A final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person not sentenced to life imprisonment requires the attendance of a panel of no fewer than three members of the Parole Board and a concurrence of the majority of members present for such final deliberation and vote. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1589 Virginia HB 1589 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1589 (2025) — Virginia Parole Board; powers and duties, membership, voting requirements, etc.

Powers and duties of Parole Board; voting requirements; meetings. Removes various references to postrelease supervision and instead includes such references and related procedures in the provisions that govern probation so that such procedures, including revocation hearings, will be overseen and conducted by the sentencing court. The bill provides that except for a public meeting convened for conducting the final deliberation and vote regarding whether the Parole Board will grant parole to a prisoner, a meeting of the Parole Board members, regardless of whether such members invite staff or other guests to participate in such meeting, shall not be deemed a meeting subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.The bill also provides that the final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person serving life imprisonment for murder in the first degree shall be attended by four or more members of the Parole Board, and a decision to grant such person discretionary parole shall require the concurrence of four or more members present. A final deliberation and vote of whether to grant parole to a person not sentenced to life imprisonment requires the attendance of a panel of no fewer than three members of the Parole Board and a concurrence of the majority of members present for such final deliberation and vote.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Appropriations Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  8. Governor Substitute Rejected (committee substitute) — source
  9. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  10. Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by House (71-Y 28-N) — 71–28 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (3-Y 2-N) — 3–2 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
  • Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Public Safety with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • House rejected Governor's recommendation (9-Y 86-N) — 9–86 (fail) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N) — 61–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103424D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-02 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (3-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-24 Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105084D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-25 Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Public Safety Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Appropriations Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended substitution
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25105084D-EH1
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25107337D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-18 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Obenshain, Perry, Favola
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Simon, Seibold, Williams
  • 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-22 Conference substitute printed 25108055D-H2
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (71-Y 28-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1589ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1589)
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB1589H3)
  • 2025-04-02 House rejected Governor's recommendation (9-Y 86-N) veto-override-passage
  • 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 716 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0716)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8f1e7da-e403-4a04-8345-2d1467edc545. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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