republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Person arrested for a felony; release of accused on secured or unsecured bond."
description: "Release of accused on secured or unsecured bond. Removes the conditions requiring that any person arrested for a felony who (i) has previously been convicted of a felony, (ii) is presently on bond for an unrelated arrest in any jurisdiction, or (iii) is on probation or parole be released only upon a secure bond. Additionally, the bill adds to the factors a judicial officer shall consider in making a bail determination (a) the person's current bond status for an unrelated arrest in any jurisdiction and (b) whether the person is on probation or parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Virginia HB 357 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93023d9-73d7-423b-8e3d-cd23b260e2c7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB357"
source_hash: "761a80d4202784bab5607b33edb309cf146b61e260059ad9570169b77cb13989"
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 HB 357 (2026) — Person arrested for a felony; release of accused on secured or unsecured bond.

Release of accused on secured or unsecured bond. Removes the conditions requiring that any person arrested for a felony who (i) has previously been convicted of a felony, (ii) is presently on bond for an unrelated arrest in any jurisdiction, or (iii) is on probation or parole be released only upon a secure bond. Additionally, the bill adds to the factors a judicial officer shall consider in making a bail determination (a) the person's current bond status for an unrelated arrest in any jurisdiction and (b) whether the person is on probation or parole.

## 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/1083986.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216438.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127442.HTML)
4. **Criminal Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101176.HTML)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1129856.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177874.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **20–18** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102354D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB357)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB357)
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB357ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB357)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 123 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93023d9-73d7-423b-8e3d-cd23b260e2c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).