VirginiaCorrectional facilities, local and regional, and courthouse security; powers & duties for operation.
What it does
Powers and duties for operation of local and regional correctional facilities and courthouse security; attorney access to courthouses and communication and visitation with incarcerated clients; penalty. Provides that if a sheriff allows courthouse employees or law-enforcement officers to bypass any security screening required to enter a courthouse, such sheriff shall also exempt from the security screening any attorney who displays a valid Virginia State Bar-issued bar card and a government-issued identification. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any attorney who has had his license to practice law in the Commonwealth suspended or revoked and who displays a Virginia State Bar-issued bar card in an effort to be exempt from the security screening.
More detail
The bill also requires any telephonic, electronic, or web-based communication system for prisoners that is offered by a sheriff or jail superintendent who operates a local or regional correctional facility to include a confidential means for a prisoner to communicate with his attorney at regular and reasonable times.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 11Governor's recommendation received by HouseLatest
- Apr 1Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1392ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 11Senate Substitute with amendments agreed to by House (84-Y 13-N 1-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (34-Y 6-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amendedMajor
- Mar 10Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed toMajor
- Mar 10Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Mar 10Read third timeMinor
- Mar 9Passed by for the day
- Mar 6Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Mar 5Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 5Rules suspended
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- Mar 4Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108386D-S1Major
- Feb 25Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N 1-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 25Senate committee offered
- Feb 20Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social ServicesMinor
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- Feb 12Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 11committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 11Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- Feb 5House subcommittee offered
- Feb 3Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 21Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 21Presented and ordered printed 26105053DIntroduced