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VA HB361
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/16/2026
Primary Sponsor
Holly Seibold
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AI Summary
- Allows inmates to earn sentence credits for time spent incarcerated while awaiting trial or pending appeal, not just after final conviction
- Expands eligible confinement periods to include time in state or local correctional facilities, state hospitals, and juvenile detention facilities
- Applies retroactively to any person confined in a state or local correctional facility as of July 1, 2028
- Requires release within 60 days for inmates whose recalculated release date falls before the effective date, with completion of any required reentry programs under probation
- Prohibits claims for wrongful incarceration based solely on the retroactive application of these earned sentence credit changes
Legislative Description
Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal.
Last Action
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361)
3/16/2026
Committee Referrals
Finance and Appropriations2/23/2026
Courts of Justice2/18/2026
Appropriations: Transportation & Public Safety1/29/2026
Appropriations1/28/2026
Courts of Justice: Criminal1/20/2026
Courts of Justice1/12/2026
Full Bill Text
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