Virginia State Justice Commission; purpose, membership.
Summary
Virginia State Justice Commission; purpose; membership. Renames the Virginia State Crime Commission as the Virginia State Justice Commission. The bill also expands the purpose of the Commission to include studying, reporting, and making recommendations in the areas of diversion, rehabilitation, reentry, collateral consequences of conviction, and equity and fairness in the criminal legal system. The bill reduces from six to three the number of House of Delegates members and adds to the Commission the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee, the Superintendent of State Police or his designee, and one nonlegislative citizen member to be appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security with an expertise in offender rehabilitation, reform, and reentry.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 11, 2019
Last action Feb 7, 2020
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Dec 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100895D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Don Scott
DDemocratic
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