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Bill Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; extradition or fugitive warrant. Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; extradition or fugitive warrant. Provides that if any person is extradited from another state pursuant to (i) an extradition warrant from the Commonwealth or (ii) a fugitive warrant issued from the state where such person is detained and such person is subsequently sentenced to a term of confinement in a correctional facility in the Commonwealth for an offense from the same act as the violation for which the extradition warrant or fugitive warrant was authorized, such person shall have deducted from any such term all time actually spent in confinement awaiting extradition from such other state, provided that he was solely held on the extradition warrant or fugitive warrant and not on any other offense that he allegedly committed in such other state. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 726 Virginia HB 726 (2026)
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Virginia HB 726 (2026) — Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; extradition or fugitive warrant.

Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; extradition or fugitive warrant. Provides that if any person is extradited from another state pursuant to (i) an extradition warrant from the Commonwealth or (ii) a fugitive warrant issued from the state where such person is detained and such person is subsequently sentenced to a term of confinement in a correctional facility in the Commonwealth for an offense from the same act as the violation for which the extradition warrant or fugitive warrant was authorized, such person shall have deducted from any such term all time actually spent in confinement awaiting extradition from such other state, provided that he was solely held on the extradition warrant or fugitive warrant and not on any other offense that he allegedly committed in such other state. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Public Safety — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Will Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103401D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-23 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB726)
  • 2026-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-01-30 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2026-02-20 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB726ER) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB726)
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by President passage
  • 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 211 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fb8565e-aed1-4611-a4bb-9c0ce280471d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).