republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-126.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.	Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to establish additional standards no later than January 1, 2027, to ensure access to legal counsel for inmates held in any local, regional, or community correctional facility and enumerates the standards that the Board shall include in such additional standards.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 126	Virginia HB 126 (2026)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	6	36	8	2026-01-02	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2c34df43-5984-4710-84b2-e98508cbfe1f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB126	a1e41c3c1d86c5f62ead4b14e81c7241308fcd7f52be66d0fdceb73a8479dcee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 126 (2026) — Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.

Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to establish additional standards no later than January 1, 2027, to ensure access to legal counsel for inmates held in any local, regional, or community correctional facility and enumerates the standards that the Board shall include in such additional standards.

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. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Safety Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 89–8 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 27–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
• Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101260D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-30 House committee offered
• 2026-01-30 Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-04 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108384D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 4-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB126ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c34df43-5984-4710-84b2-e98508cbfe1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).