republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1806.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections."
description: "Suspension or modification of sentence; transferto the Department of Corrections. Provides that if a motion tosuspend or otherwise modify a person's sentence is filed with thecourt that heard the case at any time before the person is transferred to the Department of Corrections (the Department), the court mayenter an order to retain jurisdiction over the matter for up to 60days in order to consider and rule on such motion. If the court enterssuch order, the transfer of the person to the Department shall notaffect the jurisdiction of the court under the terms of the order.Upon entry of an order to retain jurisdiction, the clerk of the courtshall forthwith forward an attested copy of the order to the Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1806"
citation: "Virginia HB 1806 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f54be628-ac25-4206-a7b5-3a78df692f25"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1806"
source_hash: "b31a906cfbf07830d6916a2900150c6dc47776568b2706191b9e56f1b426b5ae"
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 1806 (2021) — Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections.

Suspension or modification of sentence; transferto the Department of Corrections. Provides that if a motion tosuspend or otherwise modify a person's sentence is filed with thecourt that heard the case at any time before the person is transferred to the Department of Corrections (the Department), the court mayenter an order to retain jurisdiction over the matter for up to 60days in order to consider and rule on such motion. If the court enterssuch order, the transfer of the person to the Department shall notaffect the jurisdiction of the court under the terms of the order.Upon entry of an order to retain jurisdiction, the clerk of the courtshall forthwith forward an attested copy of the order to the Department.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0176)
2. **HB1806ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1806ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101785D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1806)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101785D `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1806)
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-02-17** Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1806ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f54be628-ac25-4206-a7b5-3a78df692f25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).