republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2242.md

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Bill	Probationer; arrest without a warrant, timeframe for service of process.	Arrest of probationer without a warrant; timeframe for service of process. Provides that upon the arrest of a probationer, the probation officer shall forthwith, but in all cases no later than three business days after the arrest of the probationer, (i) submit a copy of any written statement alleging a violation of the terms and conditions of parole or probation, including all relevant case numbers, to the local attorney for the Commonwealth and the clerk of court for the circuit court responsible for supervision of the probationer and advise such persons of his arrest and (ii) request the circuit court of the sentencing jurisdiction to promptly issue a capias or bench warrant for the alleged violation contained in the written statement.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2242	Virginia HB 2242 (2025)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	6	33	7	2025-01-07	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/77f1580f-05b7-4094-b57c-9807938bda2e	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2242	1011ed66b10a1212a9657178977c56842af34cae27bb04f263bdb7a18cd2af9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2242 (2025) — Probationer; arrest without a warrant, timeframe for service of process.

Arrest of probationer without a warrant; timeframe for service of process. Provides that upon the arrest of a probationer, the probation officer shall forthwith, but in all cases no later than three business days after the arrest of the probationer, (i) submit a copy of any written statement alleging a violation of the terms and conditions of parole or probation, including all relevant case numbers, to the local attorney for the Commonwealth and the clerk of court for the circuit court responsible for supervision of the probationer and advise such persons of his arrest and (ii) request the circuit court of the sentencing jurisdiction to promptly issue a capias or bench warrant for the alleged violation contained in the written statement.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Will Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104534D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105854D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2242)
• 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-29 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
• 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2242ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2242)
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77f1580f-05b7-4094-b57c-9807938bda2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).