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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing."
+description: "Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant is cited for violating a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction and such person is under the supervision of a state probation and parole officer. This bill is identical to SB 424."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 1318"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1318 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-01-21"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7ae0aa-29fa-452f-9c1f-7ff36806fb68"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1318"
+source_hash: "9ea18ee69b42b146a854415c4feb33e38a7f200736c8e6aae88aa1a0e4e4313d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1318 (2022) — Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing.
+
+Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant is cited for violating a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction and such person is under the supervision of a state probation and parole officer. This bill is identical to SB 424.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0569** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0569)
+2. **HB1318ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1318ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104419D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1318)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104419D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-25** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2022-02-03** Passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1318)
+- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-23** Enrolled
+- **2022-02-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-02-23** Signed by President
+- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1318ER)
+- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
+- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b7ae0aa-29fa-452f-9c1f-7ff36806fb68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+