HB 91 VA

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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.

• Holly M. Seibold Democratic · primary

1. Jan 1, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102332D · lower
2. Jan 1, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 8, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91) · lower
4. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
5. Jan 22, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 23, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 28, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
9. Jan 28, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A) · lower
11. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
12. Jan 30, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services · upper
13. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 4-N) · upper
14. Feb 23, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
15. Feb 23, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 23, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to · upper
19. Feb 24, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
20. Feb 24, 2026 Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 2-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Senate amendments agreed to by House (87-Y 8-N 0-A) · lower
22. Mar 3, 2026 Enrolled · lower
23. Mar 3, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB91ER) · lower
24. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91) · lower
25. Mar 3, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
26. Mar 3, 2026 Signed by President · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
28. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
29. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
30. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendments · HTML
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML