Home/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs.
Summary
Home/electronic incarceration program; paymentto defray costs. Changes from mandatory to optional the currentrequirement that the director or administrator of a home/electronicincarceration program charge an offender or accused a fee for participatingin the program in order to pay for the cost of home/electronic incarcerationequipment.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Feb 2020
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Signed Feb 24, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Feb 24, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB278E
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100666D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
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