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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 126

Local, regional, and community correctional facilities; access to counsel for inmates.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

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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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 4, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 27, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 25, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 20, 2026
Senate		Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social ServicespassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 5, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 30, 2026
House		Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 29, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reportingpassSet your home in Virginia to see

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