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State Government / Virginia / Legislation / HB 1162

HB 1162Session 2027HouseIn committee

State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training.

State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training; earned sentence credits classification levels. Requires a prisoner in a state correctional facility, as a part of his reentry plan developed and implemented by the Department of Corrections, to complete a high school equivalency test or vocational, technical, or other certification prior to such prisoner's release. The bill also provides that the annual review of a prisoner's classification level for earned sentence credits shall include such prisoner's quantifiable or measurable progress, as available, in any programs, job assignments, and educational curricula in which he is participating, such as test scores achieved or completion of a high school equivalency test or other trade or vocational certification.

Latest development · Jul 21, 2026

Continued from last session

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Session
2027
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsDiscussion

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EducationJustice & Public Safety

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Bill

Sponsors

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Primary sponsorWendell S. Walker
cosponsorAnne Ferrell Tata
cosponsorBill Wiley
cosponsorChris S. Runion
cosponsorDelores Oates
cosponsor

Ellen H. McLaughlin

cosponsorEric Phillips
cosponsorH. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.
cosponsorHyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.
cosponsorJames A. "Jay" Leftwich
cosponsorJames W. Morefield
cosponsorJason S. Ballard
cosponsorJustin Pence
cosponsorKaren Hamilton
cosponsorM. Keith Hodges
cosponsorMadison Whittle
cosponsorMichael J. Webert
cosponsorMike A. Cherry
cosponsorMitchell Cornett
cosponsorTerry G. Kilgore
cosponsorThomas C. Wright, Jr.
cosponsorTony O. Wilt
cosponsorWill Davis
cosponsorWren M. Williams

Action timeline

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View full action timeline7 actions⌄
  1. Jul 21, 2026

    Continued from last session

    House
  2. Feb 13, 2026

    Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)

    House
  3. Feb 12, 2026

    Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

    House
  4. Feb 2, 2026

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1162)

    House
  5. Jan 23, 2026

    Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  6. Jan 14, 2026

    Referred to Committee on Public Safety

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  7. Jan 14, 2026

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103663D

    FilingIntroductionHouse

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Source data last updated Jul 21, 2026.