VA SB 456

Title: Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
Author: David W. Marsden

Summary
Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates, within the Office of the State Inspector General, the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office) headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by a Corrections Oversight Committee (the Committee), also created by the bill. The bill provides that the Committee is made up of eight members of the General Assembly and 11 nonlegislative citizen members who monitor the activities of the Ombudsman and the Department of Corrections (the Department). The bill provides the Office with authority to conduct inspections at least once every three years and more often when warranted of Department or Board of Local and Regional Jails facilities and requires the Office to establish a confidential telephone hotline and paper and electronic forms for the submission of concerns, complaints, and inquiries by inmates, their family members and friends, and advocates. In addition, the bill requires the Committee to hold at least one public hearing per year and requires the Office to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director of the Department.

Status
Senate: Signed by President

Bill Documents
VA SB 456 - Committee substitute printed 24106708D-S2
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Committee substitute printed 24106708D-S2)

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VA SB 456 - Substitute for Committee: S-Finance and Appropriations, Subcommittee: Public Safety & Claims, Recommended on 1/31/2024
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Substitute for Committee: S-Finance and Appropriations, Subcommittee: Public Safety & Claims, Recommended on 1/31/2024)

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VA SB 456 - Committee substitute printed 24108303D-H2
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Committee substitute printed 24108303D-H2)

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VA SB 456 - Committee substitute printed 24108182D-H1
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Committee substitute printed 24108182D-H1)

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VA SB 456 - Substitute for S-Rehabilitation and Social Services Offered on 1/19/2024
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Substitute for S-Rehabilitation and Social Services Offered on 1/19/2024)

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VA SB 456 - Substitute for Committee: Appropriations Offered on 2/28/2024
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Substitute for Committee: Appropriations Offered on 2/28/2024)

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VA SB 456 - Substitute for Committee: Public Safety Offered on 2/23/2024
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Substitute for Committee: Public Safety Offered on 2/23/2024)

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VA SB 456 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB456ER)
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB456ER))

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VA SB 456 - Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered)

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VA SB 456 - Committee substitute printed 24105765D-S1
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Committee substitute printed 24105765D-S1)

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VA SB 456 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102042D
2024-01-09 - VA SB 456 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102042D)

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