Virginia House Bill 674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Telephone systems within correctional facilities. Provides that no records of communications made by inmates from telephone systems within correctional facilities shall be disclosed without a search warrant, except upon the request of an inmate for the inmate's own records to be disclosed to him or his attorney. The bill requires that each correctional facility create and maintain an audit log for each inmate that shall (i) identify each disclosed record and (ii) include a copy of the search warrant issued to obtain such record. The bill provides that any records of communications obtained unlawfully shall not be admissible as evidence in a prosecution or civil action. The bill also removes provisions regarding allowable forms of payment and payment rates for calls to numbers on an approved call list using such telephone systems.

Telephone systems within correctional facilities; fees and records of communications.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

2022-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Public Safety
2022-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-01	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100971D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	1.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB674
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB674+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1502V0027+HB0674