Legislation - HB0401

Title: State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications
Sponsored by: Delegates Roberson, Amprey, Kaufman, J. Long, Pasteur, Wilkins, and Woods
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

Synopsis

Establishing certain requirements relating to the use of telephone equipment and telephone services by incarcerated individuals in State correctional facilities; prohibiting a State correctional facility and telephone service provider from charging an incarcerated individual for the indivdual's use of telephone equipment and services while in the facility; and establishing the Costs of Telephone Communications Advisory Committee to review prison and jail phone call programs and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0056

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1366 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025, July 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/16/2025 Legislative Date 1/16/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/17/2025 Legislative Date 1/17/2025 Action Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/16/2025	1/16/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications
House	1/17/2025	1/17/2025	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

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