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| Bill | Local pretrial services officers; duties and responsibilities, defendant interviews, assessments. | Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; assessments. Requires a local pretrial services officer to conduct a risk assessment of defendants arrested on state and local warrants and who are detained in jails located in jurisdictions served by the local pretrial services agency while awaiting a hearing before any court that is considering or reconsidering bail, at initial appearance, advisement or arraignment, or at other subsequent hearings. Current law requires a local pretrial services officer to interview such defendants. The bill also provides that each local pretrial services officer may conduct defendant interviews as appropriate and when available resources permit. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 714 | Virginia SB 714 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 714 (2026) — Local pretrial services officers; duties and responsibilities, defendant interviews, assessments.
Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; assessments. Requires a local pretrial services officer to conduct a risk assessment of defendants arrested on state and local warrants and who are detained in jails located in jurisdictions served by the local pretrial services agency while awaiting a hearing before any court that is considering or reconsidering bail, at initial appearance, advisement or arraignment, or at other subsequent hearings. Current law requires a local pretrial services officer to interview such defendants. The bill also provides that each local pretrial services officer may conduct defendant interviews as appropriate and when available resources permit.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 23–16 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 9–3 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26100870D
introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- 2026-02-16 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 3-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-03-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB714ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB714)
- 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb064405-5160-4c4b-81bf-4d0a3e508df7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).