State Government / Virginia / Legislation / HB 127
Court appearance of a person not free on bail. Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings in jurisdictions having a public defender office, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused and (ii) a requirement that counsel for the accused, when practicable, be provided with adequate time to confer with the accused prior to any bail hearing. The bill also allows a jurisdiction that does not have a public defender office establish to implement such provisions. The bill provides that, effective in due course, the chief judge in each circuit shall create a plan to be completed by November 1, 2026, that establishes the means by which the jurisdiction will meet such provisions. The remaining provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
Latest development · Jul 21, 2026
Continued from last session
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Continued from last session
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB127)
Committee substitute printed 26108450D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB127)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 10-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
committee amendment agreed to
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
Committee substitute printed 26106177D-H1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement From JLARC (2/4/2026 11:49 am)
Racial and Ethnic Impact Statement From JLARC (2/4/2026 11:36 am)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB127)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101174D
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