VA HB91 | 2026 | Regular Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Department of Juvenile Justice; limiting room or cell confinement for minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility; report. Directs the Department of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to establish clear standards to maximize the amount of time that a minor committed to a juvenile correctional facility spends out of the confinement of his room or cell. The bill directs the Department to study and consider the benefits to minors of limiting such confinement and the impact of such benefits on factors such as the safety of the facility and successful reentry into the community, and, in considering and studying such benefits, to develop a minimum number of hours per day that minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility shall spend out of the confinement of their rooms or cells. The bill directs the Department to report on certain data collected after developing and implementing such standards and other related training and programming to the Commission on Youth and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Public Safety by November 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Youth.
Title
Minors; limiting room or cell confinement in a juvenile correctional facility, report.
Sponsors
| Del. Holly Seibold [D] | Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D] | Del. Irene Shin [D] | Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D] |
| Del. Sam Rasoul [D] | Del. Atoosa Reaser [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-02-26 - House - Senate amendments agreed to by House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-24 - Senate - Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 2-N 0-A) (Y: 36 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-23 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-29 - House - Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A) (Y: 86 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-01-23 - House - Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-24 - Senate - Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 2-N 0-A) (Y: 36 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-23 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-29 - House - Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A) (Y: 86 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-01-23 - House - Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559) | |
| 2026-04-13 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (effective 7/1/2026) | |
| 2026-03-10 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 | |
| 2026-03-10 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91) |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB91ER) |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Enrolled |
| 2026-02-26 | House | Senate amendments agreed to by House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 2-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 4-N) |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2026-01-29 | House | Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A) |
| 2026-01-28 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2026-01-28 | House | Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar |
| 2026-01-27 | House | Read first time |
| 2026-01-23 | House | Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-20 | House | Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2026-01-08 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91) |
| 2026-01-01 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2026-01-01 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102332D |
