---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation; decreasing period."
description: "Decreasing probation period. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing educational activities, maintaining employment, completing treatment, or obtaining housing. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct upon receipt of a request from the Department of Corrections and requires the Department of Corrections to request termination of a defendant's supervised probation period after 12 months in certain situations. This bill is identical to SB 136."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Virginia HB 149 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/043a3090-d14f-46bf-a499-4a6218cd36c8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB149"
source_hash: "050dd37e7001aab8387b9b2bd04f03753a67dc8b012b6b95a9262cde0317d36e"
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 149 (2026) — Probation; decreasing period.

Decreasing probation period. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing educational activities, maintaining employment, completing treatment, or obtaining housing. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct upon receipt of a request from the Department of Corrections and requires the Department of Corrections to request termination of a defendant's supervised probation period after 12 months in certain situations. This bill is identical to SB 136.

## 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/1082606.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216177.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101111.HTML)
4. **Criminal Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093491.HTML)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1102974.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208768.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **87–11** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102518D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/043a3090-d14f-46bf-a499-4a6218cd36c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).