Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement.
Summary
Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilitiesand juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions.Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoneror juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile,for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or moreper day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medicalor mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective dateof July 1, 2023.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Feb 3, 2022
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
Feb 1, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
Jan 20, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Jan 20, 2022
House of Delegates · Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103591D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
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