---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish."
description: "Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile bootcamps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of JuvenileJustice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a courtto order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.This bill is identical to SB 546."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Virginia HB 228 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff63f258-035f-49df-b45b-3f68ef54b14c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB228"
source_hash: "f87142538c1e4dabc7b86611c3250831127e6834b50068b103905db40ba1e0e3"
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 228 (2022) — Juvenile boot camps; eliminates authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish.

Department of Juvenile Justice; juvenile bootcamps. Eliminates the authority of the Department of JuvenileJustice to establish juvenile boot camps and the ability of a courtto order a juvenile adjudicated delinquent to attend such a boot camp.This bill is identical to SB 546.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0414)
2. **HB228ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB228ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102366D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB228)

## Votes

- Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 14-N) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage #2 (88-Y 11-N) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 1-N) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102366D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB228)
- **2022-01-18** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-21** Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed House (84-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 14-N)
- **2022-01-27** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-01-27** Passed House (88-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2022-01-27** VOTE: Passage #2 (88-Y 11-N)
- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-18** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB228ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (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/ff63f258-035f-49df-b45b-3f68ef54b14c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).