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Bill

Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release, sentence credits.

Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense other than those enumerated in the bill as exceptions to eligibility and who is terminally ill as defined in the bill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill also establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served that is permitted under current law. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections shall convene in due course a work group to study the impact of the sentence credit amendments set forth in the bill. The bill directs the work group to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2021, the membership of the work group and the work group's plan for conducting such study, including any data and information upon which the work group will rely in conducting such study, and to report its finding and conclusions to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022, and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the entire sentence of any inmate who is confined in a state correctional facility and participating in the earned sentence credit system on January 1, 2022.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020specialI

SB 5034

Virginia SB 5034 (2020specialI)

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2020-08-14

2020-11-09

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ocd-bill/22622ed8-8482-44a5-8bdf-3679d911d95b

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5034

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2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 5034 (2020specialI) — Terminally ill prisoners; conditional release, sentence credits.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5034ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5034S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB5034H1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2) (committee substitute) — source
SB5034S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: (55-Y 42-N) — 54–42 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) — 21–16 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N) — 53–42 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — 21–17 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — 53–42 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 33-N) — 2–33 (fail) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
Senate acceded to request (21-Y 15-N) — 21–15 (pass) · upper
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 8-N) — 12–8 (pass) · lower
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-08-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200695D introduction
2020-08-14 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
2020-08-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-08-18 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
2020-08-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-08-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB5034)
2020-09-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-09-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-09-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-09-09 Committee substitute printed 20201151D-S1 substitution
2020-09-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-09-15 Read second time reading-2
2020-09-15 Reading of substitute waived
2020-09-15 Committee substitute agreed to 20201151D-S1
2020-09-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5034S1
2020-09-16 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
2020-09-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB5034S1)
2020-09-17 Placed on Calendar
2020-09-17 Read first time reading-1
2020-09-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-09-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-09-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-09-22 Committee substitute printed 20201238D-H1 substitution
2020-09-22 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-09-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB5034H1)
2020-09-25 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-09-29 Read second time reading-2
2020-10-02 Read third time reading-3
2020-10-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20201238D-H1
2020-10-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5034H1
2020-10-02 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 42-N) passage
2020-10-02 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
2020-10-07 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 33-N)
2020-10-07 House insisted on substitute
2020-10-07 House requested conference committee
2020-10-07 Senate acceded to request (21-Y 15-N)
2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by House
2020-10-14 Amended by conference committee
2020-10-14 Conference substitute printed 20201334D-S2
2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
2020-10-14 VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2020-10-16 Enrolled
2020-10-16 Signed by President
2020-10-16 Signed by Speaker
2020-10-21 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
2020-10-21 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
2020-10-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB5034ER)
2020-10-28 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-11-09 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 17-N)
2020-11-09 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
2020-11-09 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
2020-11-09 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (55-Y 42-N)
2020-11-09 VOTE: (55-Y 42-N)
2020-11-09 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-11-09 Reenrolled
2020-11-09 Reenrolled bill text (SB5034ER2)
2020-11-09 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-11-09 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-11-09 Enacted, Chapter 52 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22622ed8-8482-44a5-8bdf-3679d911d95b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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