Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1405: Prisoners; Department of Corrections- and jailer-issued identification.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 1405 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 17, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Prisoners; Department of Corrections- and jailer-issued identification. Primary sponsor: Rae Cousins (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued and jailer-issued identification. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish a procedure for securing a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or Social Security card through the Department of Motor Vehicles and that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall expedite the processing of an application submitted by a prisoner for such government-issued identification card and the issuance of such identification. The bill also requires the Department of Corrections, in coordination with the State Board of Local and Regional Jails, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the State Registrar of Vital Records, to (i) review the processes involved in assisting a prisoner in applying for and obtaining a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or Social Security card; (ii) identify any obstacles that may interfere with a prisoner obtaining such identification or documents prior to such prisoner's release or discharge; and (iii) issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rae Cousins | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 79 |
| Nadarius Clark | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 84 |
| J.R. Henson | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 19 |
| Holly Seibold | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 12 |
| Shelly Simonds | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 70 |
| Wendell Walker | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 52 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N)
- Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1405H1)
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1405H1
- Committee substitute agreed to 24106848D-H1
- Read second time
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