---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCJS; removes requirement to develop model addiction recovery program."
description: "Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties; local and regional jails; repeal of model addiction recovery program. Removes the requirement that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, develop a model addiction recovery program that may be administered by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jail officers, administrators, or superintendents in any local or regional jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and identical to SB 690."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "Virginia HB 454 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c064856-e40c-41eb-bdba-d760d2752aef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB454"
source_hash: "6fe747746f9237033a78710a8f1410354902215fdfbeb63c4be525681a24396e"
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 454 (2026) — DCJS; removes requirement to develop model addiction recovery program.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties; local and regional jails; repeal of model addiction recovery program. Removes the requirement that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, develop a model addiction recovery program that may be administered by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jail officers, administrators, or superintendents in any local or regional jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and identical to SB 690.

## 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/1084512.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193836.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102548D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB454)
- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-23** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB454ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB454)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 798 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c064856-e40c-41eb-bdba-d760d2752aef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).