republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-149.md

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Bill	Probation; decreasing period.	Decreasing probation period. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing educational activities, maintaining employment, completing treatment, or obtaining housing. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct upon receipt of a request from the Department of Corrections and requires the Department of Corrections to request termination of a defendant's supervised probation period after 12 months in certain situations. This bill is identical to SB 136.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 149	Virginia HB 149 (2026)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	6	32	7	2026-01-05	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/043a3090-d14f-46bf-a499-4a6218cd36c8	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB149	050dd37e7001aab8387b9b2bd04f03753a67dc8b012b6b95a9262cde0317d36e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 149 (2026) — Probation; decreasing period.

Decreasing probation period. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing educational activities, maintaining employment, completing treatment, or obtaining housing. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct upon receipt of a request from the Department of Corrections and requires the Department of Corrections to request termination of a defendant's supervised probation period after 12 months in certain situations. This bill is identical to SB 136.

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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Criminal Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 87–11 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102518D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER) passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB149)
• 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/043a3090-d14f-46bf-a499-4a6218cd36c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).