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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63160</law_id><section_number>53.1-176.1</section_number><catch_line>Enactment of the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-145</reference><reference>53.1-174</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">The Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>WHEREAS, the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937 and is the earliest corrections &#x201C;compact&#x201D; established among the states and has not been amended since its adoption more than 65 years ago; and
		WHEREAS, that Compact is the only vehicle for the controlled movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over more than a quarter of a million offenders; and
		WHEREAS, the complexities of that Compact have become more difficult to administer, and many <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> have expanded supervision expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification requirements and sex offender registration; and
		WHEREAS, after <span class="dictionary">hearings</span>, national surveys, and a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming recommendation has been to <span class="dictionary">amend</span> the document to bring about an effective management capacity that addresses public safety concerns and offender accountability; and
		WHEREAS, upon the adoption of this Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, it is the intention of the General Assembly to repeal the previous interstate compact for the supervision of parolees and probationers on the effective date of this Compact; now, therefore,
		The General Assembly enacts the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders as set out in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title; Governor to execute; form of compact" href="/53.1-176.2/">53.1-176.2</a>.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 407.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
