---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth."
description: "Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth. Requires the judicial officer to consider any evidence a person provides indicating that such person (i) is currently pregnant, (ii) has recently given birth, or (iii) is currently nursing a child when determining whether such person shall be admitted to bail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2328"
citation: "Virginia HB 2328 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc2494f8-0c68-4eb0-884b-e9ca8851eff2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2328"
source_hash: "ea6263214bfad0c4ca378462e9e967086f743e05c2564bd1c9165a6fd4cf8192"
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 2328 (2025) — Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth.

Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth. Requires the judicial officer to consider any evidence a person provides indicating that such person (i) is currently pregnant, (ii) has recently given birth, or (iii) is currently nursing a child when determining whether such person shall be admitted to bail.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015939.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079939.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031288.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073517.HTML)
5. **HCJ Sub: Criminal Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030699.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066498.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104531D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2328)
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106258D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2328)
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2328ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2328)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc2494f8-0c68-4eb0-884b-e9ca8851eff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).