---
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 HB 149."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Virginia SB 136 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1190bf-dff5-46ed-8be2-43834857c4c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB136"
source_hash: "f3b57b9e2e74fc5cef4dcbc4363c79fe74a58397a5ce0dd723f74aac1dfd0622"
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 136 (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 HB 149.

## 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/1082974.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216186.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090093.HTML)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169577.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104027.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182089.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — **32–8** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **82–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christie New Craig — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102589D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Senate committee offered
- **2026-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
- **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute printed 26108199D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Passed House with substitute (82-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB136ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
- **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`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb1190bf-dff5-46ed-8be2-43834857c4c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).