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type: "Bill"
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title: "Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date."
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description: "Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill provides that the provisions apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any state or local correctional facility on July 1, 2028. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028."
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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 361"
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citation: "Virginia HB 361 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holly M. Seibold"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00ce47e0-75f6-4ec8-a598-ec81f8b4529a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB361"
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source_hash: "40bc4592d180037ce5f47a314b2b406d930afc72d17c0ad132b2b7ca89cb5ac9"
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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 361 (2026) — Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date.
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Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill provides that the provisions apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any state or local correctional facility on July 1, 2028. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.
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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/1084018.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218876.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210686.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101143.HTML)
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5. **Criminal Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093354.HTML)
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6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143950.PDF)
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7. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195944.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214389.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **1–98** (fail) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **65–31** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **16–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **68–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100485D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361)
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- **2026-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (69-Y 27-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361)
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee substitute printed 26109145D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-12** Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Seibold, Schmidt, Williams
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Perry, Boysko, McDougle
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 31-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB361ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter596 (Effective 7/1/2028) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)
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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/00ce47e0-75f6-4ec8-a598-ec81f8b4529a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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