Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2325: Local & Regional jails, St. Bd.; standards/regulations for pregnant/postpartum incarcerated person
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 2325 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local & Regional jails, St. Bd.; standards/regulations for pregnant/postpartum incarcerated person. Primary sponsor: Shelly Simonds (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2025): Tabled in Rules (14-Y 0-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelly Simonds | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 70 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Tabled in Rules (14-Y 0-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2325)
- Referred to Committee on Rules
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104466D