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type: "Bill"
title: "Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing."
description: "Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant is cited for violating a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction and such person is under the supervision of a state probation and parole officer. This bill is identical to HB 1318."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 424"
citation: "Virginia SB 424 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06da6141-0128-4aa1-9d81-447c57aa9f0c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB424"
source_hash: "661d9e2d31997e260a3726ea61ac5a51f122bc21e203d47c89373f3e088005f3"
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 SB 424 (2022) — Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing.
Probation violation guidelines; use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in revocation proceedings. Authorizes the Virginia Sentencing Commission to develop, maintain, and modify a system of statewide discretionary sentencing guidelines for use in hearings conducted in circuit courts in which the defendant is cited for violation of a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction. The bill provides that a court would be presented with such guidelines when a defendant is cited for violating a condition or conditions of supervised probation imposed as a result of a felony conviction and such person is under the supervision of a state probation and parole officer. This bill is identical to HB 1318.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0570** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0570)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100695D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB424)
3. **SB424ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB424ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100695D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB424)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB424ER)
- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06da6141-0128-4aa1-9d81-447c57aa9f0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).