Virginia Senate Bill 5050 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on September 4 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-22 - Tabled in Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports. Provides that the Department of Corrections (the Department) shall release a prisoner no sooner than 21 business days after the date of notification by the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to the appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth of the decision to grant parole. The bill authorizes the Board to make such notification electronically and by certified mail; under current law only certified mail may be used. The bill requires that the monthly reports issued by the Board regarding actions taken on the parole of prisoners (i) be published on the last day of the month and (ii) include the offenses of which prisoners considered for parole were convicted, the jurisdictions in which such offenses were committed, and the amount of time served by such prisoners. However, a prisoner's name shall be included on report only if the attorney for the Commonwealth and any victims have been notified; otherwise, inclusion on the report is delayed to the following month. The bill requires that when notice is sent to a victim of the victim's right to present evidence to the Board of the impact that the release of a prisoner will have on the victim, such notice shall also be sent to the attorney for the Commonwealth and the director of the victim/witness program of the jurisdiction in which the prisoner's offense occurred.

Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2020-09-22 - House - House: Tabled in Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) (Y: 13 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-04 - Senate - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-08-28 - Senate - Senate: Committee amendments reconsidered (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-22	House	Tabled in Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N)
2020-09-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-09-17	House	Read first time
2020-09-17	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-09-09	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-09-04	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20201065D-ES1
2020-09-04	Senate	Title replaced 20201065D-S1
2020-09-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB5050ES1
2020-09-04	Senate	Amendment by Senator Obenshain agreed to
2020-09-04	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-09-04	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-09-04	Senate	Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to (20-Y 18-N)
2020-09-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-09-04	Senate	Read second time
2020-09-03	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-09-02	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-09-02	Senate	Floor substitute printed 20201065D-S1 (Surovell)
2020-08-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-08-28	Senate	Committee amendments rejected
2020-08-28	Senate	Committee amendments reconsidered (36-Y 0-N)
2020-08-28	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-08-28	Senate	Read second time
2020-08-27	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-08-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
2020-08-24	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (10-Y 4-N)
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200490D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	136	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	154.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	155	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	160	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5050
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5050+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5050S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5050ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S09V0008+SB5050
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0032SB5050+SB5050
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0054SB5050+SB5050
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0085SB5050+SB5050
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0093SB5050+SB5050
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H08V0028+SB5050