republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-307.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 HB 61.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 307	Virginia SB 307 (2020)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	3	24	6	2020-01-05	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/16f95e9c-2c19-4d69-8ca2-653ea85d512e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB307	32a2a194b42c152995251aa04dcfba855b93cc1543015763889f90ed6461cb88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 307 (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 HB 61.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB307ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB307) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100962D introduction
• 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB307)
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed House (96-Y 3-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB307ER)
• 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16f95e9c-2c19-4d69-8ca2-653ea85d512e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).