HB 2325 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Local & Regional jails, St. Bd.; standards/regulations for pregnant/postpartum incarcerated person

Summary

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; work group to review standards and regulations for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons in local and regional correctional facilities; report. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to convene a work group to conduct a review of existing standards for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons in local and regional correctional facilities and to develop recommendations for new standards and recommendations for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons by considering certain best practices. The bill requires the work group to report such findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and the House Committee on Public Safety by July 1, 2026, and to adopt regulations consistent with such findings and recommendations by December 1, 2027.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 29, 2025

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Introduced → Rules Substitute · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended from its original introduced version to a Rules Committee substitute version. Key changes include updating the deadline for the work group to report findings from July 1, 2026 to November 1, 2026, extending the deadline for the Board to adopt regulations from December 1, 2027 to December 1, 2028, modifying the composition of the work group by replacing some stakeholder representatives with others (such as adding the Department of Social Services, Virginia Association of Counties, and State Compensation Board while removing the Virginia Sheriffs' Association as a separate entry), and adding new requirements for the work group to identify obstacles and recommendations for in-person visits. These changes provide more time for implementation and adjust the stakeholder representation to include additional relevant agencies.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on establishing a work group to review standards for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated persons, but the composition of the work group was modified to include different stakeholder representatives and added specific requirements regarding visitation analysis.

TIMELINE

The deadline for the work group to submit its report was extended from July 1, 2026 to November 1, 2026.

The deadline for the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to adopt regulations was extended from December 1, 2027 to December 1, 2028.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added for the work group to identify obstacles and recommendations for in-person visits, including challenges and opportunities to accomplish this.

The list of best practices to consider was modified by removing item (8) about collecting and publicly reporting data, as this is now covered in the main requirements, and renumbering the remaining items.

ELIGIBILITY

The composition of the work group was modified by replacing the Virginia Sheriffs' Association as a separate entry with the Department of Social Services, Virginia Association of Counties, and State Compensation Board as members.

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Jan 8, 2025

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Referred to Committee on Rules

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