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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; increase membership."
description: "Membership of Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Adds the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee to the membership of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to HB 2111."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 966"
citation: "Virginia SB 966 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer D. Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64dc334f-59da-4c21-9e93-c47dd1a65ff4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB966"
source_hash: "34643d98ccb1b71a101bc8f147864bf6c0c144e027d2fa989af15615a5e3333d"
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 966 (2025) — Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; increase membership.
Membership of Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Adds the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee to the membership of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to HB 2111.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014634.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071114.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066792.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104172D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB966)
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-20** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Passed by temporarily
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB966ER) `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 (SB966)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 64 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0064)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64dc334f-59da-4c21-9e93-c47dd1a65ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).