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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant."
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description: "Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. Prohibits the use of restraints, defined in the bill, on any prisoner of a local or regional correctional facility who is (i) known to be pregnant or (ii) in postpartum recovery unless a deputy sheriff or jail officer makes an individualized determination that (a) the prisoner will harm herself, the fetus, the newborn child, or any other person; (b) the prisoner poses a flight risk; or (c) the totality of the circumstances creates a serious security risk. Under current law, such prohibition applies only to state correctional facilities. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to include in the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards training regarding pregnant prisoners for deputy sheriffs and jail officers who are employees of local or regional correctional facilities who may have contact with pregnant prisoners."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2235"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2235 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rae Cousins"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4184b649-fadb-4f40-8470-b9e898d6b23f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2235"
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source_hash: "0423ae9418d2a61d53e8270866aaf26193ccc8b00d0ac4d6cbadd38386f312a1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2235 (2025) — Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant.
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Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. Prohibits the use of restraints, defined in the bill, on any prisoner of a local or regional correctional facility who is (i) known to be pregnant or (ii) in postpartum recovery unless a deputy sheriff or jail officer makes an individualized determination that (a) the prisoner will harm herself, the fetus, the newborn child, or any other person; (b) the prisoner poses a flight risk; or (c) the totality of the circumstances creates a serious security risk. Under current law, such prohibition applies only to state correctional facilities. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to include in the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards training regarding pregnant prisoners for deputy sheriffs and jail officers who are employees of local or regional correctional facilities who may have contact with pregnant prisoners.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015663.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079815.PDF)
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3. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073508.HTML)
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4. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026950.PDF)
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5. **Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1044319.HTML)
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6. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048709.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054307.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rae Cousins — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104487D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2235)
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105678D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2235)
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-29** Public Safety Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-10** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-12** Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2235ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2235)
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 698 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4184b649-fadb-4f40-8470-b9e898d6b23f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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