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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community corrections alternative program; establishment."
description: "Community corrections alternative program; establishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Virginia HB 2605 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f65727-2f8b-414b-9b3b-de199c01ddae"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2605"
source_hash: "e13c899a9cc5041b610f26ef562eb28d0d54ce1a00b7781d6b4da975712ea864"
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 2605 (2019) — Community corrections alternative program; establishment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0618)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0618)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2605ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2605ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19102199D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2605)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-09** Presented and ordered printed 19102199D `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 618 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4f65727-2f8b-414b-9b3b-de199c01ddae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).