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HB 1053STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees associated with inmates.

Local correctional facilities; fees. Eliminates certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility,including a fee to defray the costs associated with an inmate's keep,travel and other expenses associated with an inmate's work releaseemployment or participation in an educational or rehabilitative program,and telephone systems. The bill also reduces certain fees chargedto inmates within a local correctional facility, including that thecost of items within a correctional facility's store or commissaryshall not exceed 10 percent of the typical market rate for the samegoods or services, and that the fee associated with electronic visitationand messaging systems shall not exceed the actual costs of establishingand operating such systems. The bill removes provisions that if aninmate is unable to pay in full such fees, the inmate must enter intoa deferred or installment payment agreement with the local correctionalfacility, or that such facility may enter into a contract for collectionof such fees with a private entity, a local governing body, or thecounty or city treasurer. The bill also provides that, upon dischargefrom a local correctional facility, an inmate shall receive, in theform of a check, electronic transfer, or a debit or other accountcard, the balance of all accounts maintained by the facility foran inmate's use.

Voted: 8/4/2022

How representatives voted

333 yea·95 nay·7 other

Action history

  • 8/4/2022Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month
  • 8/4/2022of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)
  • 7/28/2022Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
  • 7/28/2022Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
  • 7/21/2022Signed by President
  • 7/20/2022Enrolled
  • 7/20/2022Signed by Speaker
  • 6/17/2022Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
  • 3/14/2022Impact statement from DPB (HB1053H2)
  • 3/12/2022Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455