republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-136.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 HB 149.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 136	Virginia SB 136 (2026)	bill		enacted	Christie New Craig	6	38	7	2026-01-06	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/fb1190bf-dff5-46ed-8be2-43834857c4c9	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB136	f3b57b9e2e74fc5cef4dcbc4363c79fe74a58397a5ce0dd723f74aac1dfd0622	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 136 (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 HB 149.

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. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 82–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christie New Craig — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102589D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Senate committee offered
• 2026-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
• 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-18 Committee substitute printed 26108199D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
• 2026-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-23 Passed House with substitute (82-Y 15-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB136ER) passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB136)
• 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 77 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb1190bf-dff5-46ed-8be2-43834857c4c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).