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type: "Bill"
title: "State correctional facilities; visitation policies, annual report."
description: "State correctional facilities; visitation policies; work group. Sets additional visitation standards for visitors to state correctional facilities. The bill requires the Department of Corrections (the Department) to provide extended or additional visitation access for long-distance visitors. The bill provides that each in-person visit shall last a minimum of two hours unless shortened at the request of either the visitor or the incarcerated individual, or in response to an active security event. The bill also provides that visitation privileges may be suspended only for conduct occurring during visitation that presents a direct and substantial threat to the physical safety of participants or the security of the correctional facility. The bill provides a timeline and process for appealing any suspension of visitation rights. Finally, the bill directs the Department to convene a work group to consider and develop practical policy and legislative recommendations regarding visitation. The work group is required to report its findings and specific legislative and policy recommendations to the General Assembly by October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 173."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "Virginia SB 276 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 53
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04231682-b438-498c-9577-0120777f51fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB276"
source_hash: "23bf7d41030ab9a7b1326ec64bd91fdcd2db46048524911c38e7cebdd2f0b878"
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 SB 276 (2026) — State correctional facilities; visitation policies, annual report.
State correctional facilities; visitation policies; work group. Sets additional visitation standards for visitors to state correctional facilities. The bill requires the Department of Corrections (the Department) to provide extended or additional visitation access for long-distance visitors. The bill provides that each in-person visit shall last a minimum of two hours unless shortened at the request of either the visitor or the incarcerated individual, or in response to an active security event. The bill also provides that visitation privileges may be suspended only for conduct occurring during visitation that presents a direct and substantial threat to the physical safety of participants or the security of the correctional facility. The bill provides a timeline and process for appealing any suspension of visitation rights. Finally, the bill directs the Department to convene a work group to consider and develop practical policy and legislative recommendations regarding visitation. The work group is required to report its findings and specific legislative and policy recommendations to the General Assembly by October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 173.
## 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/1087071.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218786.PDF)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211162.HTML)
4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211158.PDF)
5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128651.PDF)
6. **Rules Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197597.PDF)
7. **Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187664.PDF)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214445.PDF)
## Votes
- Concur House Substitute R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104960D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26107155D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-03-02** Reconsidered by Rules (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Committee substitute printed 26108953D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-12** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-12** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-12** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-12** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Carroll Foy, DeSteph
- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Anthony, Gardner, McLaughlin
- **2026-03-12** Senate acceded to request
- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB276ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 572 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04231682-b438-498c-9577-0120777f51fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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