republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-61.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit.	Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit. Provides that an adult sentenced for a juvenile offense can earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each one day served, including all days served while confined in jail or secured detention prior to conviction and sentencing, in which the adult has not violated the written rules and regulations of the jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference and is identical to SB 307.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 61	Virginia HB 61 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20	3	23	6	2019-12-03	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/fd3d8ba8-5f65-4be1-b2ee-90378e0f34d8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB61	04a887ae4695f43053249eaa3a4c577a4c43465db0fcbc13c8e53e7c62607e5d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 61 (2020) — Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit.

Adults sentenced for juvenile offenses; good conduct credit. Provides that an adult sentenced for a juvenile offense can earn good conduct credit at the rate of one day for each one day served, including all days served while confined in jail or secured detention prior to conviction and sentencing, in which the adult has not violated the written rules and regulations of the jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference and is identical to SB 307.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB61) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 2-N) — 11–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101347D introduction
• 2019-12-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB61)
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB61ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd3d8ba8-5f65-4be1-b2ee-90378e0f34d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).