Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 1280
State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment & education program, report.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
Cosponsors (12)
- Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic)
- Vivian E. Watts (Democratic)
- Irene Shin (Democratic)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (Democratic)
- Rae Cousins (Democratic)
- Nicole Cole (Democratic)
- Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic)
- Jessica L. Anderson
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (Democratic)
- Stacey Annie Carroll
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment and educational programs; reentry planning. Expands the program assignments in which the Director of the Department of Corrections may place a prisoner while such prisoner is confined in a state correctional facility. The bill requires the Director to place a prisoner in an appropriate program assignment within (i) 90 days of the arrival of a prisoner sentenced to a new term of confinement to a state correctional facility or (ii) 60 days of a prisoner already in custody being transferred to a new state correctional facility and provides that participation in such program assignments shall be for an average of 30 hours per week, calculated individually across the calendar year. Finally, the bill expands upon the requirements for a prisoner's reentry plan, including requiring an assessment, if necessary, of a prisoner's readiness to take a high school equivalency test and any modifications needed for the prisoner to take or improve upon such test, and making available peer and group educational programs developed and led by qualified prisoners.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Transportation & Public Safety Subcommittee Substitute
- Appropriations Substitute
- Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 Senate | Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 27, 2026 Senate | Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 17, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 11, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 11, 2026 House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 30, 2026 House | Reported from Public Safety | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 29, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26108856D-S1 - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280) - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 16, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26107749D-H1 - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1280) - Jan 31, 2026 · House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) - Jan 29, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N) - Jan 23, 2026 · House
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Public Safety - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Presented and ordered printed 26104959D