HB 553 — Corrections, Department of; language services for offenders.
VA 20261 session
Department of Corrections; language services for offenders. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall take reasonable steps to provide offenders with limited English proficiency meaningful access to Department facilities, services, programs, and activities to ensure that language does not prevent Department employees from communicating effectively with such offenders.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (8)
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — sponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (40)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no