---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local pretrial services officers; duties and responsibilities, defendant interviews, assessments."
description: "Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; assessments. Requires a local pretrial services officer to conduct a risk assessment of defendants arrested on state and local warrants and who are detained in jails located in jurisdictions served by the local pretrial services agency while awaiting a hearing before any court that is considering or reconsidering bail, at initial appearance, advisement or arraignment, or at other subsequent hearings. Current law requires a local pretrial services officer to interview such defendants. The bill also provides that each local pretrial services officer may conduct defendant interviews as appropriate and when available resources permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "Virginia SB 714 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb064405-5160-4c4b-81bf-4d0a3e508df7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB714"
source_hash: "f468180a2d909422fb394b4a9b904e6c4810a0b3684670b7c4a778d07559e995"
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 SB 714 (2026) — Local pretrial services officers; duties and responsibilities, defendant interviews, assessments.

Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; assessments. Requires a local pretrial services officer to conduct a risk assessment of defendants arrested on state and local warrants and who are detained in jails located in jurisdictions served by the local pretrial services agency while awaiting a hearing before any court that is considering or reconsidering bail, at initial appearance, advisement or arraignment, or at other subsequent hearings. Current law requires a local pretrial services officer to interview such defendants. The bill also provides that each local pretrial services officer may conduct defendant interviews as appropriate and when available resources permit.

## 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/1092127.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218290.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1156640.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1168793.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198811.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **23–16** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 26100870D `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- **2026-02-16** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB714ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb064405-5160-4c4b-81bf-4d0a3e508df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).