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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates."
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description: "Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to establish additional standards no later than January 1, 2027, to ensure access to legal counsel for inmates held in any local, regional, or community correctional facility and enumerates the standards that the Board shall include in such additional standards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 126"
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citation: "Virginia HB 126 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c34df43-5984-4710-84b2-e98508cbfe1f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB126"
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source_hash: "a1e41c3c1d86c5f62ead4b14e81c7241308fcd7f52be66d0fdceb73a8479dcee"
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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 126 (2026) — Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.
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Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to establish additional standards no later than January 1, 2027, to ensure access to legal counsel for inmates held in any local, regional, or community correctional facility and enumerates the standards that the Board shall include in such additional standards.
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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/1082504.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216259.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186463.PDF)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105136.PDF)
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5. **Public Safety Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104231.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199270.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **89–8** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **92–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101260D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** House committee offered
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-04** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108384D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 4-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB126ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB126)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0073)
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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/2c34df43-5984-4710-84b2-e98508cbfe1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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