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| Bill | Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac. | Reporting requirements of state, regional, and local correctional facilities; pregnant and postpartum inmates. Requires the warden or other official in charge of a state correctional facility that houses women prisoners to compile a monthly summary and the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all of the following and submit such summary to the Director of the Department of Corrections or State Board of Local and Regional Jails, as applicable: (i) the number of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, (ii) the number of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility, (iii) the number of women prisoners in the facility, (iv) the total number of prisoners in the facility, (v) the number of deaths of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, and (vi) the number of deaths of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility. The bill also requires such summary to be submitted to the Maternal Mortality Review Team and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Lastly, the bill requires the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all written reports received pursuant to relevant law regarding use of restraints on any prisoner known to be pregnant or any prisoner who is in postpartum recovery and any body cavity search of a pregnant prisoner and submit such summary to the Board each quarter. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 861 | Virginia HB 861 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 861 (2026) — Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac.
Reporting requirements of state, regional, and local correctional facilities; pregnant and postpartum inmates. Requires the warden or other official in charge of a state correctional facility that houses women prisoners to compile a monthly summary and the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all of the following and submit such summary to the Director of the Department of Corrections or State Board of Local and Regional Jails, as applicable: (i) the number of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, (ii) the number of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility, (iii) the number of women prisoners in the facility, (iv) the total number of prisoners in the facility, (v) the number of deaths of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, and (vi) the number of deaths of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility. The bill also requires such summary to be submitted to the Maternal Mortality Review Team and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Lastly, the bill requires the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all written reports received pursuant to relevant law regarding use of restraints on any prisoner known to be pregnant or any prisoner who is in postpartum recovery and any body cavity search of a pregnant prisoner and submit such summary to the Board each quarter.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Rae Cousins — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103318D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-01-30 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26106507D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB861)
- 2026-02-20 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB861ER)
passage - 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB861)
- 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by President
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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3587b460-c8d4-4299-98e9-3b9ec3ee2c9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).