Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates.
Summary
State correctional facilities; fees. Reducesor eliminates certain fees associated with inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill provides that the cost of items within a state correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percentof the typical market rate for the same goods or services and thatthe fee associated with electronic visitation and messaging systemsshall not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating suchsystems. The bill eliminates fees associated with the use of telephonesystems and the provision of an inmate's medical records upon his discharge. The bill provides that upon discharge from a state correctional facility an inmate shall receive, in the form of a check, an electronictransfer, or a debit or other account card, the balance of the inmate'spersonal trust account.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2022
How they voted
31–9
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
13
Committee
13
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 9-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB665S1
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106663D-S1
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB665H1
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22105873D-H1
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103812D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
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