republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1421.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; transferring administrative and supervisory authority."
description: "State Board of Local and Regional Jails; administrative and supervisory authority. Directs the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group to evaluate the feasibility of transferring the administrative and supervisory authority of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the State Board) from the Department of Corrections to another state agency or an independent oversight body. The bill requires the work group to submit its plan, recommended timeline, and any legislative proposals to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1421"
citation: "Virginia HB 1421 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Keys-Gamarra"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f6b7af3-8803-4662-8c95-f1e6f4cb6455"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1421"
source_hash: "1cf62a41ec6a85360e372eb47adbe7513e08936e2cd9967b8163ed7c727c91d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1421 (2026) — Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; transferring administrative and supervisory authority.

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; administrative and supervisory authority. Directs the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group to evaluate the feasibility of transferring the administrative and supervisory authority of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the State Board) from the Department of Corrections to another state agency or an independent oversight body. The bill requires the work group to submit its plan, recommended timeline, and any legislative proposals to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1094262.PDF)
2. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145935.PDF)
3. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145219.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198301.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **64–31** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — **11–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26106026D `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1421)
- **2026-02-12** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Incorporates HB482 (Hope)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107827D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 31-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported from Rules (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1421ER) `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 (HB1421)
- **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 847 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f6b7af3-8803-4662-8c95-f1e6f4cb6455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).