---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earned sentence credits; rate at which sentence rates may be earned, prerequisites."
description: "Earned sentence credits; revocation of suspended sentence. Clarifies that sentences for certain crimes that as of July 1, 2022, will be subject to a maximum of 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served include a suspended sentence that is revoked for any such crime. This bill is declarative of existing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2010"
citation: "Virginia HB 2010 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3679be32-06da-472a-bdf8-41a1c913b67b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2010"
source_hash: "70c1a7c636fbe37eebad592d60d3966d0d7d9781e1c9709720376b40bafa2777"
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 2010 (2021) — Earned sentence credits; rate at which sentence rates may be earned, prerequisites.

Earned sentence credits; revocation of suspended sentence. Clarifies that sentences for certain crimes that as of July 1, 2022, will be subject to a maximum of 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served include a suspended sentence that is revoked for any such crime. This bill is declarative of existing law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0389** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0389)
2. **HB2010ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2010ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102110D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2010)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102110D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2010E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102110D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2010)
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB2010E
- **2021-02-02** Printed as engrossed 21102110D-E
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2010E)
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2010ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3679be32-06da-472a-bdf8-41a1c913b67b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).